Feeding America
Contributors: Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project.; Michigan State University. Libraries. Digital & Multimedia Center.; Michigan State University. Museum.
Publisher: Digital & Multimedia Center, MSU Libraries
Published: 2001
Place of publication: East Lansing, Mich
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Cookery, American; Cookery -- United States -- 19th century; Cookery -- United States -- 20th century
Description: An online collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century. The digital archive includes page images of 76 cookbooks from the MSU Library's collection as well as searchable full-text transcriptions. This site also features a glossary of cookery terms and multidimensional images of antique cooking implements from the collections of the MSU Museum. The Feeding America online collection hopes to highlight an important part of America's cultural heritage for teachers, students, researchers investigating American social history, professional chefs, and lifelong learners of all ages. Researchers may browse the collection by title, date and interest. Searching provides access points of author, title, recipe name, and ingredients. Author biographical essays, bibliography of author works, and research sources are provided. The site also provides digital images of historic cooking utensils and kitchenware.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed Oct. 12, 2005; last updated Feb. 18, 2005).
Created by the Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.