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Famous cookbooks[edit]
Famous cookbooks from the past, in chronological order, include:
De re coquinaria (The Art of Cooking) (late 4th / early 5th century) by Apicius
Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes) (10th century) by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes) (1226) by Muhammad bin Hasan al-Baghdadi
Liber de Coquina (The Book of Cookery) (late 13th / early 14th century) by two unknown authors from France and Italy
Forme of Cury (14th century) by the Master Cooks of King Richard II of England
Viandier (14th century) by Guillaume Tirel alias Taillevent
De honesta voluptate et valetudine (1475) by Bartolomeo Platina - the first cookbook printed in a native language (Italian) in 1487
Cookbook of Infanta Maria of Portugal (c. 1565) - the oldest extant Portuguese cookbook
Arte de Cocina, Pastelaria, Vizcocheria e Conservaria by Francisco Martinez Montiño - palace cook of King Philip II of Spain (1680).
The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Knight Opened by Kenelm Digby (1669)
Eumsik dimibang (1670) by Jang Gye-hyang of Andong Jang clan
Arte de Cozinha by Domingos Rodrigues - the first cookbook printed in Portuguese (1680)
The Compleat Housewife (first American edition 1742) by Eliza Smith
The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (1747) by Hannah Glasse
Hjelpreda I Hushållningen För Unga Fruentimber (1755) by Cajsa Warg
Le Cuisinier Royal (1817) by Alexandre Viard
Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845) by Eliza Acton
El Cocinero Puerto - Riqueño 1859 (author unknown)
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861) by Mrs Beeton
??????? ??????? ????????, A Gift to Young Housewives (first Russian edition 1861) by Elena Molokhovets
Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen (1866) by Malinda Russell – first known cookbook by an African American woman
La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene (1891) by Pellegrino Artusi
The Epicurean (1894) by Charles Ranhofer
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer
The Settlement Cook Book (1901) and 34 subsequent editions by Lizzie Black Kander
The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes (1901) by Mrs. W.G. Waters
Various cookbooks (between 1903 and 1934) by Auguste Escoffier
Edmonds Cookery Book (1908) by T.J. Edmonds Ltd
The Joy of Cooking (1931) by Irma Rombauer
Larousse Gastronomique (1938)
????? ? ??????? ? ???????? ????, The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food (first Soviet edition 1939) by the Institute of Nutrition, USSR; English translation by Boris Ushumirskiy, SkyPeak Publishing, 2012
The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (1954) by Alice B. Toklas
Cooking with the Chinese Flavor (1956) and subsequent books by Lin Tsuifeng ("Mrs. Lin Yutang")
Mrs Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery (1961) by Mrs Balbir Singh
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) by Julia Child
Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook (1969) by Helen Gurley Brown
The Fanny and Johnnie Cradock Cookery Programme (1970) by Fanny and Johnnie Cradock
Diet for a Small Planet (1971) by Frances Moore Lappé
Julia Child,
M.F.K. Fisher
, and the authors of
The Joy of Cooking.
