Invention of the Modern Cookbook

This eye-opening history will change the way you read a cookbook or regard a TV chef, making cooking ventures vastly more interesting―and a lot more fun.

• Numerous recipes and quotations from original manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries

• A substantial timeline ranging from 1500 to 1800, describing the major events in culinary history

• Dozens of original period prints by well-known artists relating to food, plus images from major culinary texts

• A glossary of foreign and specialized culinary terms

• A selected bibliography including electronic resources to help readers find primary and secondary materials relating to culinary history