Colonial kitchens, their furnishings, and their gardens, by Frances Phipps. Drawings by Katherine Hickish.

Main entry:

Phipps, Frances, 1924-

Title & Author:

Colonial kitchens, their furnishings, and their gardens, by Frances Phipps. Drawings by Katherine Hickish.

Publication:

New York, Hawthorn Books [1972]

Description:

xxii, 346 pages illustrations 26 cm

Notes:
"A Helen Van Pelt Wilson book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index.
Foreword: The Heart of the House / Arthur W. Leibundguth -- Introduction: The Promise and the Challenge -- Part I The Wilderness Rim: The Fort at James's City -- The Settlement at Plymouth -- Part II The Kitchen Common Room: The First Abodes -- The Fire Room -- The Kitchen Extensions -- Part III The Seventeenth-Century Kitchen: Preparing to Set Sail -- Furnishing the Great and Little Kitchens -- Part IV The Eighteenth-Century Kitchen: "By Industry we Gained" -- Furnishing the Improved Kitchen -- Part V The Wild Plenty: Part VI The Standing Dishes: The Ancient Dish -- The Indian Porridge -- The First Fruit -- The Virginia Potato -- Part VII The Seventeenth-Century Garden: Fine Flowers and Common Herbs -- New England's Rarities -- Herbs for Witch and Wizard -- New Amsterdam's Abundance -- Part VIII The Eighteenth-Century Garden: Flowers from Garden and Field -- Jefferson's Notes on Virginia -- The Other Necessaries -- Part IX The Kitchen Manufactory: The Common Beverages -- The Home Apothecary -- The Dye Pot -- The Candle Mold -- Part X "A Country New and Wonderful" -- Part XI The Glossaries: "All Things Fitting for Your Use": The Common Utensils -- Beverages and Brews -- Common Foods and Prepared Dishes -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

0801514347
9780801514340

Subject:

Kitchens United States History.
Kitchen utensils United States History.
Gardening United States History.
Architecture, Colonial United States.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Cuisines États-Unis Histoire.
Ustensiles de cuisine États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture coloniale États-Unis.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture, Colonial.
Architecture, Domestic.
Gardening.
Kitchen utensils.
Kitchens.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82691
Call No.: ID:85-B1122
Status: Available

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