THE COOKBOOKS THAT MADE AMERICA

A FOOD & THE SOUL OF AMERICA Exhibtion

In honor of the 250th Anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, we invite you to OUR table to honor and celebrate our history, our heritage, and our culture via the power of cuisine.

This historic look at American cookbooks traces back to the first edition made specifically for the United States (American Cookery 1796) and then follow the development of the American palette through a look at the recipes and writing of its various eras. Titles as familiar as Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking will exist side by side with titles not as familiar to the American Public but still important to food writing and food history (M.F.K. Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf as an example). Viewers will be able to trace large scale food movements such as the focus on regionalism in the late 1800s that saw the creation of the “City” cookbook or will learn with Italian and Mexican cooking started becoming popular additions to our country’s growing palette. Reproductions of all titles will be available for perusal.