Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery

by Karen Hess

This is the family cookbook Martha Washington kept and used for fifty years, with over five hundred classic recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, History, Reference, Nonfiction, Food

518 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1981

Reviews

[Laura Willyard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource of culinary 17&18 th cent Culinary history.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recipes from the kitchen of Martha Washington and Mount Vernon written in the language and style of the times. It also contains household tips. The transcriber inserted notes to define terms and customs. The work provides an insight into the dietary history of the time.

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love old recipe books. This one is very interesting. You can make the recipes, even though it would take a lot of work.

[Nicole Perkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I may try to find a copy of this. Like the Jane Austen Cookbook, it has more research value than practical use, but still an interesting read.