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Published in 1835 in New York, The New Whole Art of Confectionary provided delicious, sugary recipes for bakers, confectioners, and homemakers in the early 19th century.

Whether you’re a seasoned cook or have never set foot in a butcher shop, Stock, Broth and Bowl will help you dip your toe in the wildly popular broth pool.

Chili cook-offs, a fall tradition, have exploded in popularity over the last several years. Easy to organize and yummy to participate in, chili cook-offs are a perfect entertaining event.

Mary Mann, one of the famous Peabody sisters—reformers and pioneers of modern educational theory—believed that good digestion was synonymous with virtue, and dyspepsia was equated with sin.

What started as two stand-up comedians using their comedic and cooking talents to produce a D.V.D.

Great artists and great cooks have long been inspired by gardens and the many sensory gifts they provide. Artist Claude Monet took inspiration from his gardens and the lily ponds at Giverny.

Come along on a pilgrimage to some of the oldest and most historic restaurants in America in A Century of Restaurants.

Welcome to the Seven-Day Menu Planner. Mid-Winter menus start with Valentine’s Day when a bit of romance dominates the menu and ends with Easter, a special time to gather the family together.

Inside Plum Gorgeous, Romney "Nani" Steele follows her successful cookbook-memoir My Nepenthe with 60 seasonally inspired recipes that celebrate the "romance of fruit." Capturin

For more than 50 years, Bon Appétit magazine has been seducing readers with to-die-for desserts.

This down-to-earth kitchen companion “for frugal and economical housekeepers” was designed to help reconstitute the rich cookery traditions of the region that had been interrupted by the Civil War,

Using lard in cooking dates at least as far back as the 1300s.

In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert—Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, admitted "competent cook," and long-time electric rice cooker enthusiast—gives readers a charming, practical

In Quick-Fix Southern, Rebecca Lang, cookbook author and contributing editor for Southern Living magazine, promises homemade hospitality—Southern style—in 30 minutes or less.

Perhaps the most influential food writer of his day, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s gastronomic essays are founding documents in the food-writing genre.