A Quaker Woman's Cookbook:The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea

William Woys Weaver, 2004. A reprint of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea’s 1845 cookbook Domestic Cookery, which reveals new information on Lea, her Quaker world, and her cookbook. This work is a quintessential example of rural American folk cookery of the nineteenth century, representing a mingling of southern Pennsylvania and Tidewater cuisine. Modern kitchen conversions are included. (Stackpole Books) 384 pp., illus., 6 x 9. paperback