American Cookery also carried emotional appeal, striking a chord with American women living in sometimes-trying circumstances. Outside of this one book, there is little evidence of Amelia Simmons ...

Amelia Simmons’ 1796 “American Cookery” was the first cookbook by an American to be published in the United States. Its 47 pages (in the first edition) contained fine recipes for roasts ...

American Cookery, the very first American cookbook, was written by Amelia Simmons (more on this mysterious woman later). In it, she promised local food and a kind of socioculinary equality.

Amelia Simmons created cupcakes. If that wasn't enough for the history books, ... Amelia Simmons American Cookery Baking Cupcakes Dessert Food Food History Food52. Related Articles.

AMERICAN COOKERY, or, the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish. Poultry and Vegetables, and the best modes of making Puff-pastes, Pies, Tarts, ... by AMELIA SIMMONS AN AMERICAN ORPHAN.

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 ...

The first American cookbook, “American Cookery,” was written by an American — Amelia Simmons — for Americans. It was published in 1796 in Hartford, Connecticut. Previously, those who ...

Things haven't changed that much. Two hundred years ago, when Amelia Simmons published "American Cookery," the first American cookbook, she instructed her readers that when choosing fish, poultry ...