101 Classic Cookbooks

I recently received the wonderful 101 Great Cookbooks in the mail. It includes an interesting history of cookbooks along with 501 classic recipe.

The book was produced by the Fales Library at New York University. The cookbook collection is largely based on the donation by Cecily Brownstone – the longtime food writer for the Associated Press.

In the introduction to the book, the Fales Library Director Marvin Taylor wrote about a meeting he and Marion Nestle had with Cecily: “Cecily was bedridden at the time, but we did get to meet and speak with her. She was a small woman with a sharp mind and quick wit.” (p 13)

Cecily Brownstone’s 1972 Associated Press Cookbook is featured on pages 158-159. In the introduction to the cookbook, the New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson is mentioned.

I am presenting papers about Brownstone & Nickerson next week at the NCA convention.

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