The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph
"The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook" by Mary Randolph is a housekeeping manual and cookbook published in 1824. Considered the first regional American cookbook, it contains nearly 500 recipes reflecting a distinctly Virginian style influenced by African, Native American, and European culinary traditions. The book features Southern classics like fried chicken and okra, the first curry recipes published in America, and instructions for making household items like soap and cologne. It offers
insight into early American cooking and the influence of enslaved cooks. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Randolph, Mary, 1762-1828 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginia_House-Wife |
| Credits | E-text prepared by David Starner, Kevin Handy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Cooking, American |
| Subject | Cooking -- Virginia |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 12519 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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