The Founders of American Cuisine

Table of Contents



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Preface

Introduction



Part One: The Cuisine of America

Prologue: The Development of Food and Cuisine

1. Native American Foods

2. Amelia Simmons

3. Mary Randolph

4. Miss Leslie

5. Mrs. Abby Fisher

6. Lafcadio Hearn

7. Charles Ranhofer

8. Victor Hirtzler

9. Thank You and What's Next



Part Two: Historical Recipes, with Notes for the Modern Cook

10. American Cookery (Amelia Simmons)

11. The Virginia Housewife (Mary Randolph)

12. Directions for Cookery (Miss Leslie)

13. What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking (Mrs. Abby Fisher)

14. La Cuisine Creole (Lafcadio Hearn)

15. The Epicurean (Charles Ranhofer)

16. The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (Victor Hirtzler)



APPENDIX

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

RECIPE INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX