I got introduced to The Cookery about three years ago while on a date and was instantly wooed…by the rigatoni with bone marrow. Something else happened that night that intrigued me. There’s a good ...

After the Revolution, Americans sought a national identity. American Cookery, the first cookbook written and published in the country, proposed one approach to American cuisine. Photo courtesy of ...

A proper “Independence Cake,” according to Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery, should be big enough to feed quite a few Americans. The cake recipe, originally published in 1796, requires 20 pounds of ...