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Daily Life in Cooking in 19 th
History c. America
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LAPL card
Culinary Arts
Collection
Requires LAPL card
American Cultural
History 19 th c.
Making of America
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Use the Greenwood Daily Life Online link from the Los Angeles Public Library to look up materials
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1800's Pioneer Cooking http://www.foodfunandfacts.com/recipesfromthe1800s.html
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19th century American foodways http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpioneer.html
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American Experience “Gumbo as History”: New Orleans food in the 19 th century from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/food.html
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Army Subsistence History - History of the food, food services and cooks in the U.S. Army dating back to the Civil War.
Information provided by the Quartermaster Foundation.
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Challenges pioneers faced in growing and preparing their food. http://www.museumsofwv.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=5
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Chuckwagon History and Cooking: http://americanchuckwagoncooking.blogspot.com/2010/04/early-cookware-thattittilated-mans.html
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Encyclopedia of American Rural History : [ABC-CLIO ebook; requires login and password]
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Food and Recipes of Early American Settlers
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Food History News - A Web site for the quarterly publication Food History News, a newsletter dedicated to the history of food in North America (and occasionally elsewhere).
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Food of 19 th Century U.S. http://library.thinkquest.org/C005446/Food/English/19thcenturyus.html
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Food of 19 th century United States : Thinkquest article
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foodhistory.com
- Food history publications by Patricia B. Mitchell. Documented anecdotal and written American traditions: colonial, Victorian, Civil War, ethnic, and Southern regional.
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Foods and Recipes of Early American Settlers | Pioneers http://www.squidoo.com/pioneer-early-American-recipes
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Heritage Gateway: Cooking: Pioneer Ways of Preparing and Cooking Meat
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History of the Chuckwagon
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Historic American Recipes of the 19 th century
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Little House on the Prairie Cookbook Recipes
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Log Cabin Cooking: Pioneer Recipes & Food Lore By Barbara Swell http://books.google.com/books?id=B-
RtAYTwJ1sC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=1800s+cooking+pioneer&source=bl&ots=FGXPUbjCoS&sig=VYjdcfH6JXSPr7f_Mm1pGN b_S58&hl=en&ei=yYeTTJK7C43GsAOlx9HkCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCTgK#v=one page&q&f=false
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Missouri Department of Conservation: Food on the Frontier
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Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage - An exhibit from the Cornell University Library. Includes information on early cookery books, food nutrition and science, kitchen technology, and food processing.
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PBS – Frontier Life: Food http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/frontierlife/essay6.html
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Pioneer and Log Cabin Cooking http://www.american-history-fun-facts.com/pioneer-recipes.html
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Pioneer Cut Dumplings from the 1800's http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/pioneer-cut-dumplings-from-the-1800s/Detail.aspx

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Pioneer Farm Cooking http://books.google.com/books?id=qgIyo5opmc4C&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=1800s+cooking+pioneer&source=bl&ots=mj5 gL8546r&sig=iwKH57nzXqBeTMxMb_9xnRomIMY&hl=en&ei=eoeTTJPJN4X2tgP9rKTBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&r esnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Pioneer Kitchen Essentials http://www.pioneerliving.net/pioneeressentials.htm
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Pioneer Life: Food : University of Missouri list of resources suitable for secondary education.
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Pioneer Recipes http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/shober30.html
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Potato!
- A short history of the potato with recipes, cultivation instructions, safety notes, a wine recipe, links and a bulletin board
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Recipes Tried and True : a 19 th century cookbook for American wives published in 1894.
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Symbolism of the Pineapple - A brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas.
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Texas Pioneer Recipes http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/balloons/1035/1800recp.htm
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The Burgoo Page - Burgoo history and information. What is it? Where to get it? Who eats it?
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The Food Museum - Educational museum about everyone's favorite subject, food. All about potatoes, rice, figs. Programs and curriculum for schools.
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The Food Timeline - Origins of foods, historic recipes, teaching resources and web links.
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The Henry County, Indiana Pioneer Woman’s Kitchen http://www.hcgs.net/pioneerwoman.html
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The Pioneer kitchen at the museum in Watertown, N.Y. http://historiccookingschool.com/category/1800s/
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The Smorgasbord - Articles on food history, science, recipes for kids, kitchenware and the political impact of food on society.
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Vintage California Cuisine : recipes from 19 th and 20 th century California