Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery and Booke of Sweetmeats
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780231049313
Subjects: General cookery; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; National & regional cuisine; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Cookery; Cooking / Wine; Sociology; History; Regional & Ethnic - American - General; Regional & Ethnic - European; History / General; Washington, Martha; Cookery, English; Desserts; Early works to 1800; England; Virginia
First sentence: This beguiling manuscript, comprising A Booke of Cookery and A Booke of Sweetmeats, was in the keeping of Martha Washington from 1749, the year of her marriage to Daniel Custis, until 1799, when she presented it to Nelly Custis, her granddaughter.