TY - BOOK AU - Stavely,Keith W.F. AU - Fitzgerald,Kathleen TI - United tastes: the making of the first American cookbook SN - 9781613765579 AV - TX703 .U558 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Simmons, Amelia -- KW - Cookbooks KW - United States KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Cooking KW - Sources KW - Cooking, American KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Part 1. Cooks and books. Adapted to this country --; Culinary tradition --; Print culture --; Part 2. Connecticut. Society and nationality --; Domestic culture --; Agriculture, fishing, horticulture --; Part 3. American cookery, by an American Orphan --; The cookbook --; The author and the printers --; The readers and the editions; 2; b N2 - "The Library of Congress has designated American Cookery (1796) by Amelia Simmons one of the eighty-eight 'Books That Shaped America.' Its recognition as 'the first American cookbook' has attracted an enthusiastic modern audience of historians, food journalists, and general readers, yet until now American Cookery has not received the sustained scholarly attention it deserves. Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald's United Tastes fills this gap by providing a detailed examination of the social circumstances and culinary tradition that produced this American classic. Situating American Cookery within the post-Revolutionary effort to develop a distinct national identity, Stavely and Fitzgerald demonstrate the book's significance in cultural as well as culinary terms. Ultimately the separation between these categories dissolves as the authors show that the formation of 'taste,' in matters of food as well as other material expressions, was essential to building a consensus on what it was to be American. United Tastes explores multiple histories--of food, cookbooks, printing, material and literary culture, and region--to illuminate the meaning and affirm the importance of America's first cookbook."--Provided by publisher UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1854344&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -