Food Cookbook Era

Local Roots Menu Preview Evening Dining

April 14, 2014
Be one of the first guests to try the brand-new spring Eagle Tavern menu.

Local Roots Spring Evening Dining

May 2, 2014
Come see how the French have influenced Michigan’s cuisine.

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We found 2 cookbooks:

Jean Brown’s Paistry Book, 1724

Colonial housewives used recipes handed down from mother to daughter by word of mouth. Women who could read and write might copy down their family recipes in manuscript cookbooks like this one.

Original Cookbook Cover

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1796 (1971 reprint edition)

This popular cookbook, first published in England in 1747, was one of the few printed cookbooks available during the 18th century. The author, Hannah Glasse, wrote the book to instruct less experienced cooks “how to do Cookery well.”

Original Cookbook Cover

We found 2 cookbooks: