Bullock, Helen The Williamsburg Art of Cookery, or, Accompolish'd Gentlewoman's Companion: Being a Collection of upwards of Five Hundred of the most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery. Published by Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1983.
Reprint. Hard cover, 12mo., 276pp. In publisher's full brown leather-like binding with four raised bands to spine, maroon spine label lettered in gold, paint speckled textblock edges, cream colored paper stock, 276pp., Fourteenth Printing. ** A modern publication (a faux facsimile, if you will,) of old American recipes, drawn from publications such as "The Compleat Housewife, or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion" (1742) as well as more modern contributors. Entries include "Williamsburg Beef Steak Pye", "Ham and Egg Pudding (A Spring Dish)", "Madison Cakes", "King's Arms Pecan Confections", and "King's Arms Green-gage Plum Ice Cream". Full-page illustrations included are: "The Kitchen of the Governor's Palace at Williamsburg", "The Market Square Tavern Kitchen", "The Blair Kitchen & Herb Garden", "A Moral & Physical Thermometer" and "The King's Arms".

Ref: AMER 9135

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