Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index.
Culinary authority -- Intelligible recipes and competent instruction -- Complementary material -- Celebrity chefs -- Marketing strategies -- Niche and specialty cookbooks -- Point of view.
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Every kitchen has at least one well-worn cookbook, but just how did they come to be? Invention of the Modern Cookbook is the first study to examine that question, discussing the roots of these collections in 17th-century England and illuminating the cookbook's role as it has evolved over time. --from publisher description.