Fisher, Carol,  1947- <br/><br/>
The American cookbook :  a history / 
 History 
Carol Fisher. 
 - ix, 260 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index. 
<br/><br/>The beginning of the great American recipe exchange -- Cookbooks in the colonies: English cookbooks and Amelia Simmons -- Voices from the kitchen: leaders of the nineteenth century cookbook revolution -- Authors and cooking school teachers join the ranks -- America's favorite: the charity-community cookbook -- America's cultural stew: regional and ethnic cookbooks -- Health and nutrition cookbooks in America -- Cookbooks galore: promotional/advertising cookbooks and cookbooklets -- USDA cookbooks -- Cookbooks for special audiences -- Chef and restaurant cookbooks -- Alternative format cookbooks -- Revisiting the twentieth century: cookbook pot luck -- Most influential cookbooks of the twentieth century. 
<br/><br/> "This book serves up the American cookbook as a tasty sampler of history, geography and culture, revealing the influence of political events (e.g. wartime rationing), social movements (temperance), and technological change (new packaging and cooking methods)"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0786423420 9780786423422 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006000673 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cooking, American--History<br/>Cooking--History--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TX715  / .F534 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>641.5973