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On a recent episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold described this book as the On Food and Cooking" of its time so it's not strictly a cookbook but I've been enjoying dipping into it.

The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn; Including the Various Domestic and Wild Animals, Poultry, Game, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits &c., &c. with Many Curious Incidents and Anecdotes.

It's by Thomas Farrington De Voe, originally published in 1867

and is available in various places including Google books: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Market_Assistant.html?id=2z4EAAAAYAAJ 

 

Edited to add:  If you want to listen to Dave's ramblings on The Market Assistant, it begins a little over 47 minutes in to this episode (titled There's Still DNA in that Glove, air date 2July2019) of the Cooking Issues podcast

 

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blue_dolphin

On a recent episode of Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold described this book as the On Food and Cooking" of its time so it's not strictly a cookbook but I've been enjoying dipping into it.

The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of Human Food Sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn; Including the Various Domestic and Wild Animals, Poultry, Game, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits &c., &c. with Many Curious Incidents and Anecdotes.

It's by Thomas Farrington De Voe, originally published in 1867

and is available in various places including Google books: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Market_Assistant.html?id=2z4EAAAAYAAJ 

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