cookery, american

Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Contains over three hundred recipes for traditional American comfort foods, grouped in the categories of ladies' lunch, lunch counter cooking, Sunday dinner, nursery food, victory dinner, and the cuisine of suburbia.

Celebrates the country's regional cooking through more than 300 recipes interwoven with lively narration. Each recipe includes a nutrition analysis.

Discusses the eating habits, customs, and manners of the Pilgrims in the colony of New Plymouth.

An examination of Native American life, discussing the types of foods eaten by various tribes, and the cultural significance of certain foods. Includes a chronology and glossary.