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The First American Cookbook

The First American Cookbook

Price: $5.95

A facsimile of “American Cookery”, circa 1796, by Amelia Simmons, an American Orphan.  ISBN 0-486-24710-4.  Copyright 1958.  Softcover with 80 pages, including 47 pages from “American Cookery” plus an introductory essay by Mary Tolford Wilson, notes and glossary. 

A must for any cook interested in Colonial American cookery.

Item # 26419
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