Title: Feeding America
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.
Subjects: Cooking, American Cooking, History