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Field name | Value |
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Reference | Cookery 1857 Fa |
Library/Archive | University of Michigan |
Title | The family book of knowledge: containing many valuable receipes in cookery, confectionery, pastry |
Date | 1857 |
Collection | Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive |
Collection Overview | A collection of American culinary history including cookbooks, menus and ephemera from the 16th through to the 21st century. Through this culinary archive researchers can explore changing attitudes towards diet and health, homemaking, commercial dining and the industrialisation of food production. The material has been collected over many years by Jan Longone, an adjunct curator in the University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center, and her husband University of Michigan Emeritus Professor Daniel T. Longone. |
Sub-collection | Cookbooks |
Place of Publication | New York, USA |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook |
Theme | Food and Identity; Food Rituals, Feasting and Religion |
Subjects | domestic technology advice to housekeepers confectionery baking religion Christianity |
Cuisine | North American cuisine |
Description | Book claims to offer Christianity in the kitchen. Book notes that the pleasures of the appetite are 'legitimate' but that it should not be abused and health and longevity should be key considerations. Wedding cake and plum puddings are seen as particularly injurious and should not find their way to a New York City Christian table. |
Countries | United States |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the University of Michigan. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Material sourced from the University of Michigan |