Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book write by Nelly Custis Lewis. This book was released on 1982. Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Nelly Custis Lewis, George Washington's adopted daughter, for over thirty years was the mistress of Woodlawn, a large and elegant Virginia plantation. Plantations were virtually self-sufficient, so that recipes for household cleaners, home remedies, and the care and dyeing of clothing, were essential for such a large household. The lady of the plantation was also responsible for providing huge and varied meals in pre-refrigeration days. During the 1830s, Mrs. Lewis kept the housekeeping book presented here. It is a collection of recipes and remedies which is interesting for its reflection of nineteenth-century plantation life. Many of the recipes may also be used with success today" --Dust jacket flap.
Nelly Curtis Lewis' Housekeeping Book
Nelly Curtis Lewis' Housekeeping Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nelly Curtis Lewis' Housekeeping Book write by Patricia Brady Schmit. This book was released on 1982. Nelly Curtis Lewis' Housekeeping Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Patriot Hearts
Patriot Hearts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Patriot Hearts write by Barbara Hambly. This book was released on 2007-01-30. Patriot Hearts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Martha Dandridge Custis marries her second husband, George, she never suspects that the soft-spoken Virginia planter is destined to command the founding of a nation—or that she is to be “Lady Washington,” the woman at the first President’s side. Only a select inner circle of women will know the cost of sharing a beloved man with history . . . and each will draw strength from the unique treasure given to them by a doomed queen. Seeing farm and family through each harsh New England season, Abigail Adams is sustained only by the fervent reunions stolen between John’s journeys abroad. She will face the terror of an ocean crossing to join her husband in France—and write her own page in history. And there she will cross paths with kings, commoners—and young Sally Hemings. Just as Sally had grown from a clever child to a beautiful woman, so had her relationship with Thomas Jefferson grown from a friendship between slave and master to one entangled in the complexities of black and white, decorum and desire. It is a relationship that will leave Sally to face an agonizingly wrenching choice. Dolley Madison, too, must live with the repercussions of a forbidden love affair—although she will confront even greater trials as a President’s wife. But Dolley will become one of the best-loved ladies of the White House—and leave an extraordinary legacy of her own. A lushly written novel that traces the marriages tested by the demands of love and loyalty, Patriot Hearts offers readers a dazzling glimpse behind the scenes of a revolution, from adversity and treachery to teatime strategies, as four magnificent women shape a nation’s future.
Dining with the Washingtons
Dining with the Washingtons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dining with the Washingtons write by Stephen Archie McLeod. This book was released on 2011. Dining with the Washingtons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Combining vivid photography with engaging essays, Dining with the Washingtons explores the menus, diet, and styles of entertaining that characterized the beloved home of the nation's principal founding father. Compelling accounts, historic artwork, and images of gardens, table settings, prepared food, and objects from the Mount Vernon collection blend to shed fresh light on the daily lives of George and Martha Washington, on their ceaseless stream of household guests and those who served them, and on the ways food and drink reflected the culture of eighteenth-century America. Featuring a foreword by former White House executive chef Walter Scheib and more than 90 historic recipes adapted for today's kitchens by renowned culinary historian Nancy Carter Crump, this book is ideal for veteran and novice cooks alike as well as for those wishing to learn about both formal and everyday dining at Mount Vernon. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including memoirs, diaries, plantation documents, archaeological research, and the personal correspondence of the Washington family and their visitors, this charming volume brings the household of America's first president and his wife vividly to life for modern-day readers. The contributors are: Steven T. Bashore, Manager of Historic Trades, Mount Vernon Carol Borchert Cadou, Robert H. Smith Senior Curator and Vice President for Collections, Mount Vernon Nancy Carter Crump, author and founder, Culinary Historians of Virginia J. Dean Norton, Director of Horticulture, Mount Vernon Dennis J. Pogue, Vice President of Preservation, Mount Vernon Walter Scheib, former executive chef, The White House Mary V. Thompson, Research Historian, Mount Vernon Esther White, Director of Archaeology, Mount Vernon
Southern Food
Southern Food - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southern Food write by John Egerton. This book was released on 1993. Southern Food available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Egerton explores southern food in over 200 restaurants in 11 Southern states, describing each establishment's specialties and recounting his conversations with owners, cooks, waiters, and customers. Includes more than 150 regional recipes.
