A Colonial Plantation Cookbook: The Receipt Book of Harriott Pinckney Horry,

Description: A Colonial Plantation Cookbook: The Receipt Book of Harriott Pinckney Horry 1770.Condition is Brand New. No faults seen.This will be packed carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. For example, we can send you three typical DVDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price. Remember Media Mail starts at $4.13 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 74 cents for each additional pound (or fraction). And visit our sister store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 700 interesting items we are selling. Description:Hardcover with DustjacketISBN 0872494373, ISBN-13 9780872494374,Because knowing about food preferences and eating habits of any people expands our understanding of their nature and times, the receipt book of Harriott Pinckney Horry opens another window on the history of colonial plantations. A Colonial Plantation Cookbook:The Receipt Book of Harriott Pinckney Horry, 1770 edited with an introduction by RICHARD J. HOOKERHarriott Pinckney Horry began her receipt book more than two hundred years ago in 1770, two years after her marriage to Daniel Horry. The daughter of a prominent South Carolina family and the wife of a Huguenot planter, Harriott maintained a notebook of recipes and household formulas built on a small collection given to her by her mother.In 1984, the University of South Carolina Press published Harriott's book of receipts for the first time, giving readers a fascinating glimpse into daily life at Hampton, a South Carolina rice plantation on the lower Santee River. Containing 124 recipes for food and drink, the book also includes information on such topics as caring for silk stockings, soap making, coping with insects, and managing a plantation."...a charming compilation of eighteenth-century recipes. is to be commended for a well-researched account of Mrs. Horry's ...Hooker fascinating life-style and insight into her innovative and industrious character."-The North Carolina Historical Review... a valuable addition to our knowledge of life in the early South." -The Georgia Librarian"... some of the recipes can be made without difficulty today... but most readers will relish it [the book] more for the period flavor and the liveliness of the prose."-Petits Propos Culinaires"Cookbook collectors will love it and even readers who don't enter the kitchen will find it entertaining."-The Charleston Evening PostUniversity of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 By the way: Welcome to the new ebay storefront for The Shepherd's Center of Winston-Salem. The store will be operated by experienced ebay sellers who have been selling some of our best donations for several years now through their own storefronts. Now we are using these same experienced sellers to sell to you directly. For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (GutenburgReads and others), are for the benefit of TheShepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. And now, you can buy useful items from us directly, and you will be helping the less fortunate in our city.

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Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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