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Household Words: Women Write From and For the Kitchen
Devoted to "cookery manuscripts and published books of recipes, etiquette and household advice." Contains images of texts and explores the history of cookbooks and the social significance of culinary writings (including "receipt" books) on the lives of women. Features information on cooking schools, the advent of "home economics," and the impact of the food industry and mass production. From the Esther B. Aresty Collection of Rare Books in the Culinary Arts, University of Pennsylvania Library.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/aresty/aresty1.html

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