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Date: 1914: Source: The 'Sure to Rise' Cookery Book, New Zealand Electronic Text Collection: Author: T J Edmonds: Permission (Reusing this file)The source specifies a CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, however as the book was published in 1914 and T J Edmonds died on 3 June 1932, meaning the book is now in the public domain in the USA.
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the ...
The Forme of Cury (The Method of Cooking, cury from Old French queuerie, 'cookery') [2] is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes.Although the original manuscript is lost, the text appears in nine manuscripts, the most famous in the form of a scroll with a headnote citing it as the work of "the chief Master Cooks of King Richard II".
The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened, [a] commonly known as The Closet Opened, is an English cookery book first printed in 1669. The title page states that it is based upon the writings of Sir Kenelm Digby, "published by his son's consent".
[5] [10] The Cookery Printed Books collection has been split into several series and sub-collections. These include Cookery A: British books, Cookery B: French books, Cookery C: Chinese books, Cookery D: books from other cultures. Later donations, such as those from Michael Bateman and Camden Library, are grouped in separate series. [16]
The original text was printed for the use of professional chefs and kitchen staff; Escoffier's introduction to the first edition explains his intention that Le Guide Culinaire be used toward the education of the younger generation of cooks. This usage of the book still holds today; many culinary schools still use it as their culinary textbook.
A cookbook or cookery book [1] is a kitchen reference containing recipes. Cookbooks may be general, or may specialize in a particular cuisine or category of food. Recipes in cookbooks are organized in various ways: by course (appetizer, first course, main course, dessert), by main ingredient, by cooking technique, alphabetically, by region or ...
This category contains cookbooks of significant influence or popularity, including books that have served as references of record for major national cuisines, popular or influential books and series of books (especially those that have drastically influenced the cooking and eating habits of their intended audience), and the masterworks of prominent chefs and food writers.