Food Cookbook Era

Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village Dinner Package

October 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25, 2014
Join us for a sumptuous candlelit harvest supper.

Local Roots Fall Evening Dining

November 7, 2014
Come celebrate with us and be wowed by an elegant wild game dinner.

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We found 3 cookbooks:

Buckeye Cookery, 1890

This cookbook, organized as a fundraiser by the ladies of a Congregational church in Marysville, Ohio in 1876, was a big hit with Midwestern housewives. It was published in several more editions.

Original Cookbook Cover

Catering for Two: Comfort and Economy for Small Households, 1898

Alice James took the mystery out of cooking for young housewives by providing tasty, economical recipes specially designed for a small family of two or three.

Original Cookbook Cover

What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking, 1881 (facsimile)

Abby Fisher moved from Alabama to California during the 1870s, where she sold pickles, jellies and preserves, and won an award at the 1879 Sacramento State Fair. Local San Francisco area women encouraged this African-American cook to capture her decades of Southern culinary experience in a cookbook. Mrs. Fisher couldn’t read or write, so she dictated the recipes.

Original Cookbook Cover

We found 3 cookbooks: