Carrie V Shuman

"Favorite Dishes" by Carrie V. Shuman offers a glimpse into early American cooking and domestic science. This collection of recipes provides a comprehensive guide to food preparation, reflecting the culinary practices of its time. Explore a variety of dishes, showcasing the foundations of American cuisine. Originally intended as a practical resource for home cooks, "Favorite Dishes" features clear and concise instructions for preparing a wide range of meals. From everyday fare to special occasion treats, this book preserves traditional recipes and techniques, offering valuable insights into the history of American cooking. A timeless resource for anyone interested in exploring the roots of American culinary heritage and classic recipes. This meticulously prepared print edition makes this historical text available once more.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"Favorite Dishes" by Carrie V. Shuman offers a glimpse into early American cooking and domestic science. This collection of recipes provides a comprehensive guide to food preparation, reflecting the culinary practices of its time. Explore a variety of dishes, showcasing the foundations of American cuisine. Originally intended as a practical resource for home cooks, "Favorite Dishes" features clear and concise instructions for preparing a wide range of meals. From everyday fare to special occasion treats, this book preserves traditional recipes and techniques, offering valuable insights into the history of American cooking. A timeless resource for anyone interested in exploring the roots of American culinary heritage and classic recipes. This meticulously prepared print edition makes this historical text available once more.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Favorite Dishes is a celebrity cookbook of autographed recipes, accented by portraits of the distinguished contributors, that was compiled on the occasion of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is a handsome sourcebook on nineteenth-century cookery as well as a testament to the desire of well-educated, well-placed women to use their position for social good. It is also a prime example of the genre of charitable cookbooks that began after the Civil War and extends to today's Junior League community cookbooks. The world's fair in Chicago was the first event of its kind that offered women a conspicuous and responsible role. A Woman's Building was designed by a woman architect, decorated with the statues and paintings of prominent women artists, and overseen by a Board of Lady Managers, comprised of 115 wives and daughters of prominent political and business leaders from every state and territory. Carrie Shuman approached the president of this unprecedented body, Bertha Honoré Palmer, with the idea of producing a charitable cookbook, endorsed and autographed by the Lady Managers, of their prize recipes. The books would be offered to women of limited means--women who dreamed "longingly and hopelessly of the Exposition"--who could sell them to raise money to cover the expense of a visit to the fair. This reissue of Favorite Dishes is set off by a pair of new introductions. Reid Badger discusses the phenomenon of world's fairs and the particular success and significance of the 1893 Exposition in Chicago. Bruce Kraig examines the culinary significance of the book and sets it in the context of the era's food standardization, changing cooking technology, recipe book conventions, and social practices.