"This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, for drinks and dishes that more than 150 American authors since the late 18th century are known to have enjoyed. This is a celebrity cookbook to which many literary celebrities, living and dead, have contributed, among them Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rudolfo Anaya, Emily Dickinson, William Faulkner and Benjamin Franklin"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.