Bibliography of Colonial Cookbooks

• A Lady. The Lady’s Companion: or, An Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex. Fourth Edition. London, 1743.
• Bettesworth, A. and C. Hitch. The Complete Family-Piece: A Very Choice Collection of Receipts in…Cookery. Second Edition. London, 1737.
• Bradley, Martha. The British Housewife: or, The Cook, Housekeeper’s, and Gardiner’s Companion. 6 vols. London, 1756.
• Bradley, Richard. The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Sixth Edition. London, 1732.
• Carter, Charles. The London and Country Cook: Or, Accomplished Housewife, Containing Practical Directions and the Best Receipts in all the Branches of Cookery and Housekeeping. Third Edition. London, 1749.
• Cleland, Elizabeth. A New and Easy Method of Cookery. Edinburgh, 1755.
• Dodsley, R. Adam’s Luxury, and Eve’s Cookery; or, the kitchen-garden display’d. London, 1744.
• Eales, Mary. The Compleat Confectioner; or, the Art of Candying and Preserving in its Utmost Perfection. Third Edition. London, 1742.
• Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet Published. London, 1768.
• Harrison, Sarah. The House-keeper’s Pocket-book; And Compleat Family Cook. Second Edition. London, 1739.
• Mason, Charlotte. The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying Her Table. n.p.: 1777.
• Massialot, F. The Court and Country Cook: Giving New and Plain Direction How to Order all manner of Entertainments, And the best sort of the Most exquisite a-la-mode Ragoo’s. Translated by J.K. London: W. Onley, 1702.
• Menon. The French Family Cook: A Complete System of French Cookery. First English translation. London, 1746.
• Miss Leslie. Directions for cookery, In Its Various Branches. Philadelphia, 1840.
• Moxon, Elizabeth. English Housewifery: Exemplified in Above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery. Ninth Edition. Leeds, 1764.
• Northampton Mercury, 8 November 1757.
• Nott, John. The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary: Or the Accomplish’d Housewife’s Companion. London, 1723.
• Reed, T. The Whole Duty of a Woman, Or, An Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex. London, 1737.
• Simmons, Amelia. American Cookery or the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry & Vegetables, and the Best Modes of Making Puff-Pastes, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards and Preserves, and All Kinds of Cakes, From the Imperial Plumb to plain Cake. Second Edition. Albany, 1796.
• Smith, Eliza. The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman’s Companion. Ninth Edition. London, 1739.
• Taylor, E. The Lady's, Housewife's, and Cookmaid’s Assistant: Or, the Art of Cookery Explained and Adapted to the meanest Capacity. Berwick Upon Tweed, 1769.
• Williams, T. The Accomplished Housekeeper, and Universal Cook. London, 1717.