The Italian cookery books were the most important published anywhere, in the sixteenth century. Italy then set the standard of cookery, as of all the arts, for the world. Even the French looked up to ...

A proper “Independence Cake,” according to Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, should be big enough to feed quite a few Americans. The cake recipe, originally published in 1796, requires 20 pounds of ...

If you live in the South, you love history and you’ve been to a church supper or a family reunion, you need the revised edition of “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery.” Do you remember the ...

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Not just a straightforward cookbook, this is also a fascinating history of Jewish life across the globe. You do not need to be Jewish to appreciate the book, just a lover of satisfying, diverse food.

In France, this time of year is called “la rentrée,” a term that translates to both “the return” and “back to school.” I think of it in terms of returning to the kitchen; although many of us never ...

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MONIQUE Y. WELLS’S FOOD FOR THE SOUL is a delightful cookbook that combines history and family recipes with food. Wells, a native of Texas, was inspired to write this cookbook after she moved to Paris ...

IT was with something of a shock that I woke one morning and found myself a collector of cookery books. I am not sure which seemed the more extraordinary, — that there should be cookery books to ...