My America is a celebration of the food of the African Diaspora
old-guard favorites like the Martinez
In a groundbreaking theory of our origins
Fannie Merritt Farmer of the Boston Cooking-School Cookbook fame
(Preserving) Rorer, Mrs. Sara T. Canning and Preserving. *Signed letter enclosed* food waste My America is a celebrationOlive cloth, jacket. Philadelphia: Arnold & Co., [1887, but likely later]. Autograph letter signed by Rorer (from the Collonade Hotel in Philadelphia) laid in loose). Also laid in is a charming manuscript card with instructions for washing feather pillows. Recipes include orange pralines, candied citrus peel, canned mulberries, walnut catsup, spiced cherries, preserved apricots, blackberry jam, etc. Foxing, else very good. (1)