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Friday Food: Catharine Beecher’s Recipe for Rhubarb Tart, 1846

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

Catharine Beecher (1800-1878), the sister of the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, was an early feminist and advocate of women’s education.  Beecher was at the forefront of the home economics movement in the nineteenth century.  She sought to increase the status … Continue reading →

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Friday Food: Isabella Beeton’s Recipe for Baked Beef, 1861

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

As the oldest girl in a family of twenty-one children, Isabella Mayson (1836–1865) had ample practice in the domestic arts by the time she married Samuel Beeton at the age of 20.  Samuel was an innovative editor and publisher, and … Continue reading →

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Friday Food: The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

In March,Special Collections, Archives and Rare Books will be participating in Food Sense, the 2012 Life Sciences and Society Symposium, with an exhibition of books on science and nutrition.  We also maintain a collection of rare and historic cookbooks dating … Continue reading →

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