This is a very large and fascinating collection, taken from a variety of sources. Mrs. Ellet, like Mrs. Child and even Eliza Leslie, had an entire literary career aside from this, her only cookbook. It was first pubished in 1857, identical to this edition, as I have confirmed by comparing an online copy of the 1857 edition with my own copy of the 1872.



As an 1857 book, then, it has a fascinating selection of exotic Jewish recipes from an unknown source, the second printed recipe for strawberry sh...