Early American Recipes

The Cooking Kitchen of a Historic Colonial Home By Greg Dale

Early American recipes and historical recipes give us a glimpse into American history, and tell us a little more about the everyday lives of the people who lived during each era. American food history and our recipes are as diverse as the people who live here.

Do you need to know how to roast a whole pig the way our forefathers and mothers did? How about how to make hardtack? Do you wonder what colonial cooking was like?

Many of the old recipes are hard to follow, and most have been adapted over the years to our modern appliances. There are some historical recipes that can still be found in their original wording, and these are the ones that I find the most interesting.

I am searching for historical recipes from American history, primarily early recipes, for posting here. If you have access to any, I would love to have you submit them for publishing on this website. You can use the form at the bottom of this page to submit your recipes, and they will appear as a new page on this website.

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Here are a few American Recipe iPhone Apps that you might enjoy...

Many of our Founding Fathers were "foodies". There is a new book titled The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine that I think you will enjoy. I'm reading it right now and will be publishing a review soon!

If you are looking for some good, old fashioned, family tested recipes, you will probably enjoy the site Old Fashion Recipe. There are some great time-tested American recipes there!