History’s most influential cookbooks
Laura Evans
25 April 2022
Recipes for success
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1700 BC: Yale Culinary Tablets
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AD 800s: De re culininaria
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1393: Le Ménagier de Paris
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1727: The Compleat Housewife, Eliza Smith
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1747: The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Hannah Glasse
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1845: Modern Cookery for Private Families, Eliza Acton
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1891: La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene, Pellegrino Artusi
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1903: Le Guide Culinaire, Auguste Escoffier
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1930: La cuisine en dix minutes, Édouard de Pomiane
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1931: Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer
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1950: Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
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1961: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck
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1970: Vibration Cooking, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
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1976: The Taste of Country Cooking, Edna Lewis
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1978: Jane Grigson’s Vegetable Book
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1980: Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art, Shizuo Tsuji
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1982: Entertaining, Martha Stewart
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1989: The Art of Mexican Cooking, Diana Kennedy
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1992: Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, Marcella Hazan
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1988: How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman
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1998: How to Eat, Nigella Lawson
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1998: The Africa Cookbook, Jessica B. Harris
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1999: The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, Ina Garten
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2003: Ultimate Curry Bible, Madhur Jaffrey
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2009: Complete How to Cook, Delia Smith
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2010: Plenty, Yotam Ottolenghi
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2010: Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals, Jamie Oliver
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2015: The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, Toni Tipton-Martin
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2017: Salt Fat Acid Heat, Samin Nosrat
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