The First American Cookbook A Facsimile of American Cookery, 1796 Cookbook

The First American Cookbook A Facsimile of American Cookery, 1796 by Amelia Simmons Dover Publications, Paperback, 1984, 47 pages, Advertisement, Errata, Glossary. With an essay by Mary Tolford Wilson. Condition; Very Good. Please see photos. Soft cover. This is a facsimile of the first known cookbook written by an American, published in Hartford, Connecticut in 1796. Until then, the cookbooks printed and used in the Thirteen Colonies were British.