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volume is filled with primary source information and many color
photographs. This book supports many food-related imports into
eighteenth-century Philadelphia. Each entry gives brief documentation
showing it was here in the colonies. If the item is unusual, a
receipt (or recipe as we call them now) using the ingredient is
supplied. (It's great to find food-quality Isinglass, but it begs
the question, now what do I do with it? A receipt is helpfully
provided!)
If you want to learn more about spices, coffee, tea, chocolate,
syrups, hartshorn, leavenings, isinglass, gums, sugar, salts,
peppers, oils, you should have this book! A great gift for any
foodie! Useful to have in any site's library! |