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Book/Printed Material American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables Art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables

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Title

  • American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables : and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves : and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life

Other Title

  • Art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables

Names

  • Simmons, Amelia.
  • American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hartford : Printed by Hudson & Goodwin for the Author, 1796.

Headings

  • -  Cooking, American--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  "Published according to Act of Congress."
  • -  With an errata leaf.
  • -  First cook book written by an American and published in the United States. Cf. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib.
  • -  Signatures: [A]-E⁶
  • -  LC copy missing top right corner of t.p. and lower half of last leaf (p. 47); has leaf of advertisement and errata bound after p. 24.
  • -  Evans 31193
  • -  ESTC W11549
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-02-26 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • 47, [2] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX703 .S5 1796

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96126967

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Simmons, Amelia, and American Imprint Collection. American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables: and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves: and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life. Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin for the Author, 1796. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/96126967/.

APA citation style:

Simmons, A. & American Imprint Collection. (1796) American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables: and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves: and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life. Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin for the Author. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96126967/.

MLA citation style:

Simmons, Amelia, and American Imprint Collection. American cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables: and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves: and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life. Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin for the Author, 1796. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96126967/>.