Austin's First Cookbook
Our Home Recipes, Remedies and Rules of Thumb
Michael C. Miller
- Get
- a
- taste
- of
- Texas
- culinary
- history
- with
- this
- quirky,
- diverse
- community
- cookbook
- from
- Austin’s
- nineteenth-century
- residents,
- plus
- photos
- and
- informative
- essays.Tacos
- and
- barbecue
- command
- appetites
- today,
- but
- early
- Austinites
- indulged
- in
- peppered
- mangoes,
- roast
- partridge,
- and
- cucumber
- catsup.
- Those
- are
- just
- a
- few
- of
- the
- fascinating
- historic
- recipes
- in
- this
- new
- edition
- of
- the
- first
- cookbook
- published
- in
- the
- city.Written
- by
- the
- Cumberland
- Presbyterian
- Church
- in
- 1891,
- Our
- Home
- Cookbook
- aimed
- to
- “cause
- frowns
- to
- dispel
- and
- dimple
- into
- ripples
- of
- laughter”
- with
- myriad
- “receipts”
- from
- the
- early
- Austin
- community.
- From
- dandy
- pudding
- to
- home
- remedies
- “worth
- knowing,”
- these
- are
- hearty
- helpings
- featuring
- local
- game
- and
- diverse
- heritage,
- including
- German,
- Czech
- and
- Mexican.
- With
- informative
- essays
- and
- a
- cookbook
- bibliography,
- city
- archivist
- Mike
- Miller
- and
- the
- Austin
- History
- Center
- present
- this
- curious
- collection
- that's
- sure
- to
- raise
- eyebrows,
- if
- not cravings.
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