Description: One of the most popular and prolific cookbook writers of the 19th century, Eliza Leslie played a very important role in the shaping of American cuisine. Her Directions for Cookery is among the most influential cookbooks printed in America during the 1800s. Clearly and elegantly written, the text is far more than a compilation of recipes, commenting also on the "nuances" of good cooking and the importance of incorporating quality ingredients. Specific measurements and helpful hints on procedures gave the 19th-century cook ample information with which to create such taste-tempting dishes as heel-steak pudding, Moravian sugar cakes, oyster pie, fricaseed chickens, Franklin ginger bread, West India cocoa-nut pudding, and much more. A charming window on the mid-19th-century American kitchen, this volume -- with an informative new introduction by cookbook expert Jan Longone -- will not only delight and inspire today's cooks but will also serve as a valued addition to the libraries of all who collect antique cookbooks.

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