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Mrs. Porter’s New Southern Cookery Book
And Companion for Frugal and Economical Housekeepers
By Mrs. M.E. Porter
Published in 1871 in Cincinnati, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection was a very popular post-Civil War cookbook written to help southern women adapt to their changed circumstances. This down-to-earth kitchen companion “for frugal and economical housekeepers” was designed to help reconstitute the rich cookery traditions of the region that had been interrupted…