The Dessert Book

With almost encyclopedic detail The Dessert Book supplies precise easy-to-follow recipes for desserts of all kinds including puddings pies cakes soufflés jumbles wafers biscuits meringues nougats bouchées glaces ice creams fruit ices coffees teas chocolate drinks liqueurs creams and wines jellies and marmalades brandied fruits compotes and much more-over 400 recipes that describe many favorite sweets of the day. Although economy was a factor in her recipe selection the unknown author had high standards of presentation for desserts asserting in her Introduction In arranging the table the greater number of handsome dishes and high stands that can be available the better as glaces fruits compotes and confectionery look much handsomer when so displayed. Clearly she set an elegant dessert table in her own home. This edition of The Dessert Book was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society Worcester Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects preserves and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1100 volumes.