[Sca-cooks] OT: Feeding America: Historic American Cookbooks project

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

Reviewed in the Internet Scout Report:

15. Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/cookbooks/

The Michigan State University Library, in partnership with the MSU Museum,
have created a fascinating look into American epicurean history with their
online trove of influential 19th and early 20th century American
cookbooks. Currently, the archive includes page images from 33 cookbooks,
and when the project is completed in September 2003, the site will include
page images and full-text transcriptions for 75 cookbooks. Visitors to the
site will find an excellent introduction to the cookbooks in an
introductory essay written by Jan Longone, a curator of American culinary
history at the University of Michigan. The cookbooks on the site are
divided into topical areas, such as regional, ethnic, and general cookery.
Equally helpful is the ability to search the entire cookbook collection by
author's name, title, and the complete text. The site concludes with a
glossary that explains different terms used in these historic cookbooks,
such as pippin and codlin (both types of apples). [KMG]

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa   jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
"Words can be your friend or your enemy, depending on who's
throwing the book, so watch your language." Stoppard