{"product_id":"the-virginia-housewife-first-cookbooks-of-america","title":"The Virginia House-wife (First Cookbooks of America)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia House-wife was the first cookbook ever published in America. Now published in a facsimile form of the original 1824 work  this ultimate how-to cookbook was the most influential cookbook in nineteenth-century America. Regarded by many critics as the finest cookbook to ever come out of the American kitchen  it was written by Mary Randolph. She and her husband  David Meade Randolph  made their home at Moldavia in Richmond and were celebrated for their displays of lavish hospitality. In 1802  Mr. Randolph was removed from his appointive office of United States Marshal by Thomas Jefferson  and the financial fortunes of the Randolphs never again prospered. By 1808  they had given up Moldavia  and Mrs. Randolph opened a boardinghouse. By all accounts  the food and accomdations were splendid. In late 1819  they moved to Washington  D.C.  where Mrs. Randolph committed to paper her culinary experience for what was to be The Virginia Housewife. She was qualified not only by her cooking skill but also by her family and social milieu to record the cookery of those early days of Virginia. Besides numerous recipes and household tips on such things as curing bacon  making lavender water  scented soap  and starch  the book also includes historical notes by culinary historian Karen Hess  a glossary of cooking terms and phrases of the time  and a vegetable chart from Thomas Jeffersons Garden Book  17661824.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963148005429,"sku":"ByrdShop_0872494233","price":91.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780872494237.jpg?v=1770407755","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-virginia-housewife-first-cookbooks-of-america","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}