books.google.co.uk - First published in 1825, The Virginia House-Wife was the most influential cookbook in nineteenth-century America. Considered the ultimate how-to cookbook, it rivals some of the currently popular cookbooks with its commonsense knowledge and advice which remains practical to this day....http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Virginia_House_Wife.html?id=oszKiYe2RyAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Virginia House-Wife
