Cook not Mad, or Rational Cookery: A Reprint of a Rare American Cookbook Published in 1830 to Which Have Been Added Recipes for Present-day Use and Explanatory Notes.

Abrahamson, Roy A.

ISBN 10: 0919938000 / ISBN 13: 9780919938007

Published by Roy A. Abrahamson & Associates, Toronto, 1975

About this Item

Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, adverts on endpapers, facsimile title page, few single-colour drawings, minor edgewear jacket. 128 pp. (This copy: Cherry Tree Press, 1976.) This historic American cookbook by Roy Abrahamson was first published in 1830, and this reprint has adaptations of the old recipes (to use readily-available current ingredients, and have been tested in modern kitchens). The remedies and potions are based on knowledge of 1830, and are interesting to read, but should not be used without the advice of a physician. This book tells us how Americans lived 150 years ago, in the time when America was young. A reading cookbook rather than a "how to" cookbook.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cook not Mad, or Rational Cookery: A Reprint of a Rare American Cookbook Published in 1830 to Which Have Been Added Recipes for Present-day Use and Explanatory Notes.
• Publisher: Roy A. Abrahamson & Associates, Toronto
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0919938000
• ISBN 13: 9780919938007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint ed.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • COOKING & NUTRITION

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Synopsis

A peek through the kitchen window at recipes and cooking methods in America in the 1830s. A few recipes have been updated to reflect modern methods. There are also miscellaneous recipes for dying cloth and yarn and gardening. also included is a glossary of terms and old advertisements