Even more important than a list of favorite blogs, this page refers you to historic texts in which I find material for adapting in the kitchen. To find the recipes inspired from these sources, look up the author's name in the search engine.
COOKERY BOOKS
- Apicius or De re coquinare, 3rd century AD
- Deipnosophistae, 3rd century AD
- Liber de Coquina, late 13th-early 14th c.
- The Forme of Cury by the Master cooks of King Richard II, 1390 (with Ancient Cookery, 1391)
- Le Ménagier de Paris, 1393
- Joseph Cooper, The art of cookery refin'd and augmented, 1654
- Robert May, The Accomplisht Cook, or the Art & Mystery of Cooking, 1660
- Bartolomeo Stefani, L' arte di ben cucinare, 1662
- Hannah Woolley, The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet, 1672
- François Massialot, Nouvelle instruction pour les confitures, les liqueurs et les fruits, 1692
- Robert Smith, Court Cookery, or the Complete English Cook, 1725
- Juan Altamira, Nuevo arte de cocina, 1745
- Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1747
- Menon, La science du maître d'hotel cuisinier, 1747
- Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English Housekeeper, 1769
- Eliza Smith, The Compleat housewife, or, Accomplished gentlewoman's companion, 1773
- Vincenzo Corrado, Il Cuoco Gallante, 1793
- Amelia Simmons, American cookery, 1796
- Maria Rundell, A New System of Domestic Cookery, 1805 [also: Modern Domestic Cookery, 1856 edition]
- Mary Randolph, The Virginia housewife :: or, The methodical cook, 1824
- Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Domácý Kuchařka, 1826
- Eliza Leslie, Seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes and sweetmeats, 1828
- Lettice Bryan, The Kentucky Housewife, 1839
- Elizabeth Acton, Modern Cookery, in all its branches, 1845
- Henriette Davidis, Praktisches Kochbuch, 1845
- Eliza Leslie, Miss Leslie's new cookery book, 1857
- Elena Molokhovets, A Gift to Young Housewives, 1861
- Jules & Alphonse Gouffé, The royal cookery book, 1867
- Pierre Lacam, Le nouveau pâtissier-glacier français et étranger, 1878
- Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cookbook, 1886
- Pellegrino Artusi, La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene, 1891
- Agnes Bertha Marshall, The Book of Ices, 1893
- Lizzie Heritage, Cassells' New Universal Cookery Book, 1894
- Agnes Bertha Marshall, Fancy Ices, 1894
- Frederick Vine, Saleable Shop Goods for Counter-tray and Window, 1898
- Will O. Rigby, Rigby's reliable candy teacher, 1909
- A. C. Vangalder, Modern Women of America Cookbook, 1913
- Melanie Reichelt, Two hundred famous Viennese recipes, 1931
- Ruth Graves Wakefield, Toll House True and Tried Recipes, 1940
FARM & HOUSEKEEPING GUIDES
- Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura, ca. 160BC
- Le Ménagier de Paris, anonymously published in 1393
- John Russell, The Boke of Nurture, ca. 1460
- Gervase Markham, Country contentments, or The English Huswife, 1615
- Sir Kenelm Digby, The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. opened, 1669
- Isabella Mary Beeton, Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861
- Mary Jewry, Warne's model cookery and housekeeping book, 1868
DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Alexandre Dumas père, Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine, 1873
- Albert Seigneurie, Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l'épicerie et des industries annexes, 1904
HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, FOLKLORE & ANTHROPOLOGY
- Herodotus, Ιστορίαι (Histories), 440BC
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historiae, vol. XVIII, 79 AD
- The Primary Chronicle or The Tale of Bygone Years, ca. 1113
- Hildegard of Bingen, Physica, 1151-1158
- M. & N. Psilakis, Κρητική παραδοσιακή κουζίνα, 1995
- M. & N. Psilakis, Το ψωμί και τα γλυκίσματα των Ελλήνων, 2001
LETTERS BY FAMOUS PEOPLE
- Emily Dickinson, Letter #369 (to Ms. Elizabeth Holland), 1871
NOVELS
- Jane Austen, Emma, 1816
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937
- C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, 1950
- Annemarie Selinco, Désirée, 1951
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
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