Rules for Eating (1866). Eat slowly as if it was a pleasure you desired to prolong, rather than a duty to be got rid of as quickly as possible. Don't bring your prejudices, your dislikes, your annoyances, your past misfortunes, or future forebodings, to the table - they would spoil the best dinner. Respect... Continue Reading →
Author’s Message from the Past ~1866
What a treasure. Antique cookbooks offer up their gems in unexpected ways. This is the last paragraph of a forward written by Jennie June Croly in 1866. In it, we find all of the optimism and emotions of her audience - a new bride - and the voice of tempered experience forewarning of hardships to... Continue Reading →