Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book

Part cookbook, part culinary history, part family history, The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book offers an engaging glimpse into the world of one of the South's most famous families. Seeking to learn more about her ancestors and the way they lived, Anne Carter Zimmer, great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, turned to a small, worn cardboard notebook that had once belonged to her great-grandmother. What she found - and what she shares here - is a fascinating record of an earlier way of life. Packed with "receipts, " or recipes, home remedies, shopping lists, and other domestic jottings, Mrs. Lee's little notebook opens an intimate window into the daily lives of the Lee family. With recipes for breads, cakes, puddings, sweets, soups, main dishes, vegetables, drinks, and home remedies, The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book will serve as a ready reference on traditional American cookery. For each entry, the author provides the original recipe, helpful notes on ingredients and techniques, and instructions - based on careful kitchen testing - for adapting the recipe in the modern kitchen.