This recipe for pumpkin pie comes from Aunt Babette’s Cook Book, published in 1889. It is both similar to, and different from modern recipes for pumpkin pie.
Sometimes, the jewels in an old cookbook are the things written by the previous owners.
An essential prepared ingredient in French cooking both now and in antiquity.
A simple and delicious 18th century recipe for mushrooms.
In 19th century and earlier cook books, it is not unusual to see cooked dishes of cucumber as well as cold.
A simple yet surprisingly tasty 19th Century cabbage dish.