While the Victorian Cooking School lessons are drawn directly from “Mrs. Lincoln’s Boston Cook Book”, it’s not the only book we could have chosen. Curious what other Victorian era books are in the Victorian Cooking School Library? Interested in reading, and cooking from, some of them? Have a great resource of your own to share? Here is our current reading list. Enjoy!
Bibliography
C.I., Hood. Hood’s Practical Cook’s Book: for the Average Household. Lowell, MA: C. I. Hood & Co., 1897.
Corson, Juliet. Cooking School Text Book; and Housekeepers’ Guide to Cookery and Kitchen Management. An Explanation of the Principles of Domestic Economy Taught in the New York School of Cookery. New York, NY: Orange Judd Company, 1883.
Corson, Juliet. The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1877.
Farmer, Fannie Merritt. The Original Boston Cooking-School: Cook Book. New York, NY: Little Brown & Co., 1896.
Gillette, F. L., and Hugo Ziemann. The White House Cook Book: Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc. Etc. Chicago, IL: The Werner Company, 1887.
Lincoln, Mary J. Mrs. Lincoln’s Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking. Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1884.
The New England Kitchen Magazine: A Domestic Science Monthly. Vol. I. Boston, MA: New England Kitchen Publishing Company, 1894.
The New England Kitchen Magazine: A Domestic Science Monthly. Vol. II. Boston, MA: New England Kitchen Publishing Company, 1894.
Parloa, Maria. First Principles of Household Management and Cookery. Riverside, Cambridge: H.O. Houghton & Co, 1879.
Parloa, Maria. Miss Parloa’s New Cook Book,: a Guide to Marketing and Cooking. New York, NY: Estes & Lauriat, 1882.
Rorer, Sarah Tyson. Mrs Rorer’s Philadelphia Cook Book: a Manual of Home Economies. Philadelphia, PA: Arnold & Company, 1886.
Wright, Julia McNair, and Marion Harland. Ladies’ Home Cook Book: a Complete Manual of Household Duties … Philadelphia, PA: L.M Palmer, 1896.
