Ep 52. Amelia Simmons: Author of American Cookery, the First American Cookbook

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Amelia Simmons. Believed to be the first American cookbook by a European American, titled American Cookery, or the art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables, and the best modes of making pastes, puffs, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plum to plain cake.