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Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook: Authentic Early American Recipes For The Modern Kitchen
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As the largest outdoor living history complex in the Northeast, Old Sturbridge Village has fostered the feel, and the flavors, of America's past for more than half a century. This third edition of the cherished The Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook—unique in presenting not only authentic mouthwatering recipes from the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, but also adaptations for cooking in modern kitchens—has been revised and updated with new information on early American foodways and tested, successful recipes for fireplace cooking.
Learn how to preserve apples for year-round use, how salt-preserved meats were freshened, how Election Cake got its name, and how to select the best fish for dinner. With a range of delicious recipes from roasts and fricassees to pies and puddings, and with a beautiful, user-friendly new design, The Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook will be treasured by history buffs, cookbook collectors, and all food lovers with an interest in re-creating the best of early American cuisine.
Learn how to preserve apples for year-round use, how salt-preserved meats were freshened, how Election Cake got its name, and how to select the best fish for dinner. With a range of delicious recipes from roasts and fricassees to pies and puddings, and with a beautiful, user-friendly new design, The Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook will be treasured by history buffs, cookbook collectors, and all food lovers with an interest in re-creating the best of early American cuisine.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
- Publication dateApril 1, 2009
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.56 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100762749296
- ISBN-13978-0762749294
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"Excellent by any century's standards."--Publisher's Weekly
“Authentic 1829 recipes. . . . Modern methods are compared with common hearth methods in an excellent cookbook that specializes in quick yet authentic American fare.”—Midwest Book Review
“Authentic 1829 recipes. . . . Modern methods are compared with common hearth methods in an excellent cookbook that specializes in quick yet authentic American fare.”—Midwest Book Review
From the Back Cover
As the largest outdoor living history complex in the Northeast, Old Sturbridge Village has celebrated the feel and the flavors of America's past for more than sixty years. Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook has long been cherished for giving modern-day readers a close look at how New England families cooked in the early 1800s. Included are authentic recipes from early America's most popular cookbook—Lydia Maria Child's The American Frugal Housewife, first published in Boston in 1829—in a form that can be reproduced in today's kitchen. This incomparable resource has now been revised and updated with new information on early American foodways and tested, successful recipes for fireplace cooking, as well as modern-method alternatives.
Learn how to preserve apples for year-round use, how salt-preserved meats were freshened, how Election Cake got its name, how to select the best fish for dinner—and how to make a range of delicious recipes, from roasts and fricassees to pies and puddings. Whether you are a history buff, cookbook collector, or food lover, you will be delighted by the recreations of early American cuisine found in Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook.
Learn how to preserve apples for year-round use, how salt-preserved meats were freshened, how Election Cake got its name, how to select the best fish for dinner—and how to make a range of delicious recipes, from roasts and fricassees to pies and puddings. Whether you are a history buff, cookbook collector, or food lover, you will be delighted by the recreations of early American cuisine found in Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook.
About the Author
Debra Friedman is Head of Interpretation at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.
Jack Larkin is Chief Historian and Museum Scholar at Old Sturbridge Village, as well as Affiliate Professor of History at Clark University.
Jack Larkin is Chief Historian and Museum Scholar at Old Sturbridge Village, as well as Affiliate Professor of History at Clark University.
Product details
- Publisher : Globe Pequot Publishing
- Publication date : April 1, 2009
- Edition : 3rd
- Language : English
- Print length : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0762749296
- ISBN-13 : 978-0762749294
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.56 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,240,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #206 in New England Cooking, Food & Wine
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