The Compleat Housewife

Or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion

Nonfiction, Food & Drink, Food Writing
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Author: Eliza Smith ISBN: 9781449428259
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing Language: English
Author: Eliza Smith
ISBN: 9781449428259
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language: English
Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks, a Virginia printer, printed and sold the cookbook believing there would be a strong market for it among Virginia housewives who wanted to keep up with the latest London fashions—the book was a best-seller there. Parks did make some attempt to Americanize it, deleting certain recipes “the ingredients or material for which are not to be had in this country,” but for the most part, the book was not adjusted to American kitchens. Even so, it became the first cookery best seller in the New World, and Parks’s major book publication.
 
Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks, a Virginia printer, printed and sold the cookbook believing there would be a strong market for it among Virginia housewives who wanted to keep up with the latest London fashions—the book was a best-seller there. Parks did make some attempt to Americanize it, deleting certain recipes “the ingredients or material for which are not to be had in this country,” but for the most part, the book was not adjusted to American kitchens. Even so, it became the first cookery best seller in the New World, and Parks’s major book publication.
 

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