I can't even begin to tell you how much I love community cookbooks. Yes, there's the interesting recipes but it's so much more than that. I really like the idea of getting a sense of what life was like during the time my ancestor walked the earth. Kind of like if you crossed genealogy with the movie
Somewhere in Time.
Today's cookbook compiled by
The Ladies of the Church of the Good Shepherd from Binghamton, New York (1896) is available for free from Google Books.
Unfortunately, it doesn't have a ton of names in it. But look what it does have.
A history of the church
Advice on food
Wonderful advertisements
Oh yes and recipes including one passed down from ancestors.
It just really amazes me that there is so much available in cookbooks. I also had no idea that community cookbooks were available on Google Books. I love Google Books and use it often, but had not even tried looking for cookbooks. Thank you so much for this tip. (but it's way too early in the morning for me to read the Liverwoerst recipe without gaggging just a little bit.)
ReplyDeleteHi Shellt!
ReplyDeleteThere are cookbooks on both Google Books and Internet Archive. For Internet Archive go to Texts>Additional Collections>Cookbooks and Home Economics.
Yeah, I'm not trying the Liverwoerst either. Though I will admit I have ate in in my younger years.
Thanks for commenting!
Gena