A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea - Softcover

Lea, Elizabeth Ellicott; Weaver, William Woys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811700739 ISBN 13: 9780811700733

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2004

Synopsis

In this long-awaited paperback edition, food historian William Woys Weaver revises and expands the lengthy material that supplements a reprint of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea's 1845 cookbook Domestic Cookery. In his introduction, Weaver reveals new information on Lea, her Quaker world, and her cookbook. A glossary traces the origins and histories of the foods in Lea's book, placing them in cultural context. The cookbook is a quintessential example of rural American folk cookery of the nineteenth century, representing a mingling of southern Pennsylvania and Tidewater cuisine. Modern kitchen conversions are included.

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Review

"Valuable as a footnote to Middle Atlantic States folklore of the early nineteenth century." "Publishers Weekly""

"Valuable as a footnote to Middle Atlantic States folklore of the early nineteenth century."--Publishers Weekly

Edition details

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0811700739
• ISBN 13: 9780811700733
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384