The Colonial Cook

By Bobbie Kalman and Ellen Brown

Book Overview

Food preparation was a full-time job for colonial women, even those who were assisted by servants or slaves. This book sets the colonial cook in her kitchen, and depicts with beautiful illustrations and photographs how she spent her day and which foods she cooked. The Colonial Cook introduces children to: - the pots, pans, and kitchen gadgets used in the era - how foods were preserved by smoking, salting, and drying - the important role Native Americans played in teaching the colonists about food - the multicultural nature of colonial food - how bread was baked and butter was churned - recipes for some authentic colonial foods

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778707482
• ISBN13: 9780778707486
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Great book on Colonial Cooks

My kids have really enjoyed the Colonial People series of books. This book focuses on cooking in Colonial times. It has information on cooking over fires, colonial cookware and gadgets, kitchen houses, dependencies (smokehouse, dairy, spring house, etc), foods that colonial people grew and raised, and how flour was made. It also has a small recipe section in the back (9 recipes). It has great photographs of historical interpreters cooking, tending plants and animals, and preparing foods. It also has wonderful illustrations. We really like the the cross section illustrations that show how the gristmill worked and how the dependencies were built.

Thou wilt exclaim: YUMMO!

The workings of a colonial kitchen are surprisingly well-detailed in this lavishly illustrated book by Bobbie Kalman. Who was in the kitchen, how they worked, the foods and gadgets that they used plus much more is presented in a lively manner that will stimulate further interest in the subject. Native American and African American cooking are, of course, included. 18th century recipes for modern cooks are here, and some new family favorites are sure to be among them. If you haven't had peanut soup ... well, you just don't know how to live!