Digital Cookbooks of the 19th Century

Cooking and Household Management Books of the 19th Century
1870-1899

Cookbooks
Abel, Mary W. Hinman. Practical Sanitary and Economic Cooking Adapted to Persons of Moderate and Small Means. New York: American Public Health Association, 1890.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_42.cfm

Aunt Babette.  Aunt Babette's Cook Book: Foreign and Domestic Receipts for the Household: A Valuable Collection of Receipts and Hints for the Housewife, Many of Which Are Not to be Found Elsewhere., Cincinnati: Bloch Pub. and Print. co.1889.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_41.cfm

Beecher, Catharine E.  Miss Beecher's housekeeper and healthkeeper: containing five hundred recipes for economical and healthful cooking; also, many directions for securing health and happiness ... New York, Harper & Brothers, 1873.
http://hdl.loc.gov/umich.dli.moa/AEK7243

Burr, Mrs. Hattie A. The Woman Suffrage Cook Book: Containing Thoroughly Tested and Reliable Recipes for Cooking, Directions for the Care of the Sick, and Practical Suggestions. Boston: Mrs. Hattie A. Burr. 1886.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_43.cfm

Corson, Juliet Corson. Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery And Household Management. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1886.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_39.cfm

Croly, Jane Cunningham. Jennie June's American Cookery Book: Containing Upwards Of Twelve Hundred Choice And Carefully Tested Receipts; Embracing All The Popular Dishes, And The Best Results Of Modern Science...Also, A Chapter For Invalids, For Infants, One On Jewish Cookery..., New York: American News Co., 1870, c1866.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_28.cfm

Farmer, Fannie Merritt. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1896.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_48.cfm

First Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Cook Book, Compiled By The Ladies Of The First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio: Oliver Crook, c1873.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_29.cfm

Fisher, Abby. What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, soups, pickles, preserves, ect. … San Francisco, Women's Co-Operative Printing Office, 1881.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_35.cfm

Gillette, F.L. White House Cook Book: A Selection Of Choice Recipes Original And Selected, During A Period Of Forty Years' Practical Housekeeping. Chicago: R.S. Peale & Co., 1887.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_40.cfm

Harland, Marion. Common sense in the household; a manual of practical housewifery. New York, C. Scribner & co. 1872.
http://hdl.loc.gov/umich.dli.moa/AEL7637

Harland, Marion. Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea. New York, Scribner, Armstrong & Co. 1875.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_31.cfm

Hearn, Lafcadio. La Cuisine Creole, A Collection of Culinary Recipes from Leading Chefs and Noted Creole Housewives, Who Have Made New Orleans Famous for its Cuisine. New Orleans: F.F. Hansell & Bro., Ltd. 1885.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_38.cfm

Henderson, Mary F. Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving. A Treatise Containing Practical Instructions in Cooking; in the Combination and Serving of Dishes; and in the Fashionable Modes of Entertaining at Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_32.cfm

Kellogg, E. E. Science In The Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes. Chicago, Ill.: Modern Medicine Pub. Co., 1893, 1892.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_44.cfm

Lincoln, Mary Johnson. Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What To Do and What Not To Do in Cooking. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_37.cfm

Miss Parloa. Miss Parloa's New Cook Book: A Guide to Marketing and Cooking. New York: C.T. Dillingham, 1882.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_36.cfm

Ranhofer, Charles. The Epicurean. A Complete Treatise of Analytical and Practical Studies on the Culinary Art, Including Table and Wine Service, How to Prepare and Cook Dishes etc., and a Selection of Interesting Bills of Fare of Delmonico's from 1862 to 1894 (parts 1& 2)., New York: C. Ranhofer, 1894.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_47.cfm

Shuman, Carrie V. Favorite Dishes. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Printers, 1893.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_45.cfm

Tanty, Francois. La Cuisine Francaise. French Cooking for Every home. Adapted to American Requirements., Chicago, Baldwin, Ross & Co., 1893.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_46.cfm

Tyree, Marion Fontaine Cabell. Housekeeping In Old Virginia/Containing Contributions From Two Hundred And Fifty Ladies In Virginia And Her Sister States... Richmond, Va.: J.W. Randolph & English, 1878, c1877.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_34.cfm

United States Subsistence Dept. Manual for Army Cooks. Washington: G.P.O., 1896.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_49.cfm

Wilcox, Estelle Woods. Buckeye Cookery, and Practical Housekeeping: Compiled from Original Recipes. Minneapolis, Minn.: Buckeye Pub. Co., 1877.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_33.cfm

 

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