The Picayune's Creole Cook Book (American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection)
Established in 1837 by Francis Lumsden and George Wilkins Kendall, this newspaper published in New Orleans is now called theTimes-Picayuneafter a merger with a rival paper, the New OrleansTimes-Democrat, in 1914. Its original price was a Spanish coin equivalent to $.0625, a “picayune.” Today, the paper is part of Advance Publications, owned by the Newhouse family. --This text refers to theHardcoveredition.