The Cook's Oracle, and Housekeeper's Manual: Containing Receipts for Cookery, and Directions for Carving 9781449434946, 1449434940

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his facsimile edition of The Cook’s Oracle, and Housekeeper’s Manual by William Kitchiner, M.D. was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. AAS aims to collect, preserve, and make available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.

Other Books in t h e Am e r i c a n A n t i q u a r i a n S o c i e t y Cookbook Collection 1776-1876:The Centennial Cook Book and General Guide, by Mrs. Ella E. Myers American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons The American Family Keepsake, by The Good Samaritan The American Vine-Dresser’s Guide, by John James Dufour Apician Morsels, by Dick Humelbergius Secundus The Appledore Cookbook, by Maria Parloa The Art of Dining, and the Art of Attaining High Health, by Thomas Walker Baker’s Guide, by John Weild California Recipe Book, by Ladies of California The Canadian Housewife’s Manual of Cookery Canoe and Camp Cookery, by Seneca The Caroline Housewife, by Sarah Rutledge The Compleat Housewife, by Eliza Smith The Complete Confectioner, PastryCook, and Baker, by Eleanor Parkinson The Complete Cook, by J.M.Sanderson The Cook Book of Rare and Valuable Recipes The Cook Not Mad The Cook’s Own Book, and Housekeeper’s Register, by Mrs. N.K.M. Lee The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery, by Juliet Corson

Cottage Economy, by William Cobbett Confederate Receipt Book Crumbs from the Round Table, by Joseph Barber Dainty Dishes, by Lady Harriet E. St. Clair Dairying Exemplified, by Josiah Twamley De Witt’s Connecticut Cook, and Housekeeper’s Assistant, by Mrs. N. Orr The Dessert Book, by A Boston Lady Directions for Cookery, by Eliza Leslie Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital, by Florence Nightingale Domestic French Cookery, by L.E. Audot Every Lady’s Cook Book, by Mrs. T. J. Crowen Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six, by Juliet Corson The French Cook, by Louis Eustache Ude The Frugal Housewife, by Susannah Carter The Frugal Housewife, by Lydia Maria Child The Hand-Book of Carving The Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks, by Pierre Blot The Health Reformer’s Cook Book, by Mrs. Lucretia E. Jackson The House Servant’s Directory, by Robert Roberts The Housekeeper’s Manual How to Mix Drinks, by Jerry Thomas

The Hygienic Cook Book, by John Harvey Kellogg Jewish Cookery Book, by Esther Levy The Kansas Home Cook-Book, by the Ladies of Leavenworth Mackenzie’s Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts, by Colin Mackenzie Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt Book, by Catharine Beecher Miss Leslie’s New Cookery Book, by Eliza Leslie Modern Cookery, In All Its Branches, by Eliza Acton and Sarah J. Hale Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book, by W. A. Henderson The Modern Family Receipt Book, by Mrs. Mary Holland Mrs. Hale’s New Cook Book, by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale Mrs. Owen’s Illinois Cook Book, by Mrs. T.J.V. Owens Mrs. Porter’s New Southern Cookery Book, by Mrs. M.E. Porter My Mother’s Cook Book, by Ladies of St. Louis

The New Housekeeper’s Manual, by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe The New Hydropathic Cook Book, by Russell Thacher Trall The New Whole Art of Confectionary, by W.Young Nouvelle Cuisiniere Canadienne One Thousand Valuable Secrets in the Elegant and Useful Arts The Pantropheon, by Alexis Soyer The People’s Manual, by Perrin Bliss The Philosophy of Eating, by Albert Bellows The Physiology of Taste, by Jean A. Brillat-Savarin The Picayune’s Creole Cookbook, by The Picayune The Practical Distiller, by John Wyeth Presbyterian Cook Book Science in the Kitchen, by Thomas Hopkins and Mrs. L.A. Hopkins Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, by Eliza Leslie The Times’ Recipes, by The New York Times Total Abstinence Cookery

The National Cook Book, by Eliza Leslie

A Treatise on Bread, by Sylvester Graham

New American Cookery, by An American Lady

Vegetable Diet, by William Alcott

The New Art of Cookery, by Richard Briggs The New England Cook Book The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book, by Esther A. Howland

The Virginia Housewife, by Mary Randolph What to Do with the Cold Mutton What to Eat and How to Cook It, by Joseph Cowan The Young Housekeeper, by William Alcott

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