The first known cookbook written by an American and featuring American-grown produce such as cornmeal. The U.S. Library of Congress includes this 1796 book on their list of Books That Shaped America, one of only two cookbooks in the canon.

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Janice Longone

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Considered the first American cookbook, with a dozen or more reprints and pirated editions by 1830 and recent facsimiles.

Myrna & Lou Donato

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First cookbook published in the United States

Andrew F. Smith

Food historian