Cook's Own Book

Written by A Boston Housekeeper, this is ""a complete Culinary Encyclopedia: Comprehending all valuable receipts for cooking meat, fish, and fowl, and composing every kind of soup, gravy, pastry preserves, essences, &c.with numerous original receipts, and a complete system of Confectionery."" Considered an important work for anyone interested in American culinary history. Originally published in 1832.