Delightful Fall Foods Without Pumpkin
In 1796, Amelia Simmons published the first known American cookbook, American Cookery, or the art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plum to plain cake: Adapted to this country, and all grades of life. Among its pages — which contain the first-known recipe for cornmeal Johnny Cake or turkey with cranberries — American Cookery includes a few “receipts” to flavor … Read More