Modern American Cookery, by Prudence Smith (1835)
Modern cooks have it easy. If our Thanksgiving preparations go awry, we have shelves of books to consult for advice, not to mention Google, or, as a last resort, the Butterball hotline. Preparers of the original 17th century feast would have had to rely on oral traditions and perhaps a few handwritten “receipts,” which tended... Continue reading “Modern American Cookery, by Prudence Smith (1835)” ›