Feeding America - The Historic American Cookbook Project
Date: June 29, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
Feeding America - the Historic American Cookbook Project is a joint project of Michigan State University and Michigan State Museum to not only collect influential American cookbooks but to make them available in either pdf format or as searchable text. The cookbooks range in date from 1798 (Amelia Simmons) to 1922.
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Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine
Date: June 28, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
The 25th anniversary edition of Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine is out. This book, by Norma Jean and Carole Darden is what started my interest in collecting old family recipes, etc. It chronicles the Darden family roots from slavery with lots of old photos and great recipes from both the north and the south.
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Mrs. Rasmussen’s Book of One Arm Cookery
Date: February 9, 2006 | Discussion: 2 Comments
Among my old cookbooks is “Mrs. Rasmussen’s Book of One Arm Cookery“, which if Mom reads this, will probably want back. Published in 1946 with terrific “Decorations” by George Price, it is written by Mary Lasswell who had written “Suds in Your Eyes“. Mrs. Rasmussen was the cook in that book. Mom said she and [...]