The Virginia House-Wife

Mary Randolph

The Virginia House-Wife
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Country
United States
Published
18 March 2025
Pages
424
ISBN
9781643365510

The Virginia House-Wife

Mary Randolph

The 200-year-old cookbook every modern food lover needs

Originally published in 1824, Mary Randolph's The Virginia House-wife has come to be regarded as the most influential American cookbook of the nineteenth century. This unique edition includes a complete facsimile of the original book--with recipes for delicacies such as lobster sauce and pumpkin pudding, and household tips on such things as curing bacon and making lavender water--plus additional recipes from the 1825 and 1828 editions. Historical notes by culinary historian Karen Hess explain Randolph's influence on American culinary history, and a new foreword by Debra Freeman emphasizes contributions of free and enslaved African American cooks to American cuisine.

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