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1650s?-1799. Martha Washington’ Booke of Cookery. Virginia. Hess, Karen.

1742. The Compleat Housewife. London. Smith, E.
(First cookbook published in the United States – Virginia, 1742)

1747. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. London. Glasse, Hannah.
(First American edition – Virginia, 1805.)

1796. American Cookery. Connecticut. Simmons, Amelia.
(This is considered by many to be the first American cookbook.)

1824. The Virginia Housewife or Methodical Cook. Virginia. Randolph, Mary.
(This is considered by many to be the first regional American cookbook.)

1829. The American Frugal Housewife. Massachusetts. Child , Lydia Maria.

1839. The Kentucky Housewife. Kentucky. Bryan, Lettice.

1842. The Carolina Housewife. South Carolina. Rutledge, Sarah.

1861. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. London. Beeton, Isabella.

1867. Housekeeping Made Easy. Georgia. Hill, Mrs. A. P.

1881. What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking. Alabama
(published in San Francisco. Fisher, Abby. This is considered the oldest known African-American cookbook published in America.)

1896. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Massachusetts. Farmer, Fannie.

1897. The Twentieth Century Cook Book. Alabama. Moritz, C. F. and Adele Kahn.

1901. The Settlement Cookbook. Wisconsin. Kander, Mrs. Simon.

1928. Southern Cooking. Georgia. Dull, Mrs. S. R.