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1881United StatesReconstruction-era USA
Abby Fisher's Corn Bread
from What Mrs Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking — Abby Fisher
1881United StatesReconstruction-era USA
Abby Fisher's Sweet Potato Pie
from What Mrs Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking — Abby Fisher
1845EnglandVictorian England
Acton's Crumpets
from Modern Cookery for Private Families — Eliza Acton
1796United StatesEarly American Republic
Amelia Simmons's Apple Pudding
from American Cookery — Amelia Simmons
1869IndiaBritish Raj
Anglo-Indian Mulligatawny Soup
from The Indian Cookery Book — Anonymous (Thacker, Spink & Co.)
511Byzantine EmpireEarly Byzantine Period
Anthimus's Chicken with Vinegar
from De Observatione Ciborum — Anthimus
400RomeLate Roman Empire
Apicius's Ius in Elixam Auem
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
400RomeLate Roman Empire
Apicius's Minutal Marinum
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
400RomeLate Roman Empire
Apicius's Patina Cotidiana
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
400RomeLate Roman Empire
Apicius's Sala Cattabia
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
1861RussiaImperial Russia
Beef Stroganoff (Molokhovets Original)
from A Gift to Young Housewives — Elena Molokhovets
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Beeton's Beef Stew with Dumplings
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Beeton's Roast Goose with Sage & Onion
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Beeton's Trifle
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Beeton's Victoria Sandwich
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1380FranceMedieval France
Blanc Manger (White Chicken Almond Dish)
from Le Viandier — Guillaume Tirel (Taillevent)
1873FranceThird Republic France
Bouillabaisse (Dumas Style)
from Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine — Alexandre Dumas
1792ChinaQing Dynasty
Braised Aubergine (Yuan Mei's Way)
from Suiyuan Shidan 隨園食單 — Yuan Mei
1875EnglandVictorian England
Cassell's Ratafia Cakes
from Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery — Anonymous
1570ItalyRenaissance Italy
Catherine de' Medici's Zabaione
from Opera dell'arte del cucinare — Bartolomeo Scappi
1845United KingdomEarly Victorian
Christmas Pudding (Acton's Recipe)
from Modern Cookery for Private Families — Eliza Acton
1727EnglandGeorgian England
Compleat Housewife's Portable Soup
from The Compleat Housewife — Eliza Smith
1727EnglandGeorgian England
Compleat Housewife's Quaking Pudding
from The Compleat Housewife — Eliza Smith
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Curry of Fowl (Anglo-Indian, 1861)
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1864AustraliaColonial Australia
Damper (Australian Bushman's Bread)
from The English and Australian Cookery Book — Edward Abbott
1817EnglandRegency England
Dr Kitchiner's Wow-Wow Sauce
from The Cook's Oracle — William Kitchiner
1845United KingdomEarly Victorian
Eliza Acton's Lemon Cakes
from Modern Cookery for Private Families — Eliza Acton
1845EnglandVictorian England
Eliza Acton's Marrow Toast
from Modern Cookery for Private Families — Eliza Acton
1828United StatesEarly American Republic
Eliza Leslie's Ginger Nuts
from Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats — Eliza Leslie
1837United StatesAntebellum America
Eliza Leslie's Potato Pie
from Directions for Cookery — Eliza Leslie
1828United StatesEarly American Republic
Eliza Leslie's Queen Cakes
from Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats — Eliza Leslie
1896United StatesGilded Age USA
Fannie Farmer's Boston Baked Beans
from Boston Cooking-School Cook Book — Fannie Merritt Farmer
1896United StatesGilded Age USA
Fannie Farmer's Chocolate Cake
from Boston Cooking-School Cook Book — Fannie Merritt Farmer
1896United StatesGilded Age USA
Farmer's Boston Cream Pie
from Boston Cooking-School Cook Book — Fannie Merritt Farmer
1896United StatesGilded Age USA
Farmer's Clam Chowder (New England)
from Boston Cooking-School Cook Book — Fannie Merritt Farmer
1896United StatesGilded Age USA
Farmer's Parker House Rolls
from Boston Cooking-School Cook Book — Fannie Merritt Farmer
1390EnglandMedieval England
Forme of Cury's Blancmange
from The Forme of Cury — Richard II's master cooks
1390EnglandMedieval England
Forme of Cury's Tart de Bry
from The Forme of Cury — Richard II's master cooks
1691FranceBaroque France
François Massialot's Omelette au Sucre
from Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois — François Massialot
1747United KingdomGeorgian Britain
Glasse's Curry (First Published in English)
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1747EnglandGeorgian England
Hannah Glasse's Gooseberry Fool
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1747EnglandGeorgian England
Hannah Glasse's Stewed Pears
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1747EnglandGeorgian England
Hannah Glasse's Veal Olives
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1670EnglandRestoration England
Hannah Woolley's Syllabub
from The Queen-like Closet — Hannah Woolley
1ItalyAncient Rome
Isicia Omentata (Roman Burgers)
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
1796United StatesEarly American Republic
Johnny Cake
from American Cookery — Amelia Simmons
950IraqAbbasid Caliphate
Kitab al-Tabikh's Harissa
from Kitab al-Tabikh — Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
1226IraqAbbasid Caliphate
Kitab al-Tabikh's Isfanakhiyya
from Kitab al-Tabikh — Muhammad al-Baghdadi
1651FranceBaroque France
La Varenne's Oeufs à la Huguenotte
from Le Cuisinier François — François Pierre La Varenne
1393FranceMedieval France
Le Ménagier's Blanc Mengier
from Le Ménagier de Paris — Anonymous
160 BCItalyRoman Republic
Libum (Roman Cheese Cake)
from De Agri Cultura — Cato the Elder
1829United StatesEarly American Republic
Lydia Child's Indian Pudding
from The American Frugal Housewife — Lydia Maria Child
1520SpainSpanish Renaissance
Manjar Blanco (Chicken and Rice with Almonds)
from Libro de Cozina — Ruperto de Nola
1615EnglandStuart England
Markham's Banbury Cake
from The English Huswife — Gervase Markham
1749United StatesColonial America
Martha Washington's Great Cake
from Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery — Martha Washington (manuscript)
Georgian England
Mary Eales's Orange Chips
from Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts — Mary Eales
1824United StatesEarly American Republic
Mary Randolph's Gazpacho
from The Virginia Housewife — Mary Randolph
1691FranceBaroque France
Massialot's Potage de Santé
from Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois — François Massialot
200GreeceAncient Greece
Melomakarona (Ancient Honey Cakes)
from Deipnosophistae (compiled) — Various Greek authors
1746FranceAncien Régime France
Menon's Beef Bourguignon
from La Cuisinière Bourgeoise — Menon
1746FranceAncien Régime France
Menon's Boeuf à la Mode
from La Cuisinière Bourgeoise — Menon
1858MexicoRepublican Mexico
Mole Poblano
from Nuevo Cocinero Mejicano en forma de diccionario — Anonymous
1ItalyAncient Rome
Moretum (Herbed Cheese Spread)
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
1861United KingdomVictorian Britain
Mrs Beeton's Kedgeree
from Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861EnglandVictorian England
Mrs Beeton's Potted Beef
from The Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861EnglandVictorian England
Mrs Beeton's Scotch Collops
from The Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1861EnglandVictorian England
Mrs Beeton's Seed Cake
from The Book of Household Management — Isabella Beeton
1806EnglandRegency England
Mrs Rundell's Orange Marmalade
from A New System of Domestic Cookery — Maria Rundell
950IraqAbbasid Caliphate
Muhallabiyya (Almond Milk Pudding)
from Kitab al-Tabikh — Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
1643JapanEdo Period
Namasu (Vinegar-Dressed Daikon and Carrot)
from Ryōri Monogatari 料理物語 — Anonymous (Edo period)
1ItalyAncient Rome
Patina de Piris (Pear Souffle)
from De Re Coquinaria — Apicius
1796United StatesEarly American Republic
Pompkin Pie
from American Cookery — Amelia Simmons
1651FranceEarly Modern France
Pot-au-Feu (Boiled Beef Dinner)
from Le Cuisinier François — La Varenne
1769EnglandGeorgian England
Raffald's Shrewsbury Cakes
from The Experienced English Housekeeper — Elizabeth Raffald
1891ItalyPost-unification Italy
Ragù alla Bolognese (Artusi 1891)
from La Scienza in Cucina — Pellegrino Artusi
1736EnglandGeorgian England
Richard Bradley's Icy Cream
from The Country Housewife and Lady's Director — Richard Bradley
1660EnglandRestoration England
Robert May's Almond Butter
from The Accomplisht Cook — Robert May
1869IndiaBritish Raj / Kashmir
Rogan Josh (Kashmir Style, 1869)
from The Indian Cookery Book — Anonymous (Thacker, Spink & Co.)
950IraqAbbasid Caliphate
Rummaniyya (Pomegranate Meat Stew)
from Kitab al-Tabikh — Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
950IraqAbbasid Caliphate
Sanbusaj (Medieval Meat Pies)
from Kitab al-Tabikh — Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
1841United StatesAntebellum America
Sarah Josepha Hale's Election Cake
from The Good Housekeeper — Sarah Josepha Hale
1845GermanyEarly 19th-Century Germany
Sauerbraten (Marinated Pot-Roast Beef)
from Praktisches Kochbuch — Henriette Davidis
1570ItalyRenaissance Italy
Scappi's Torta Bianca
from Opera dell'arte del cucinare — Bartolomeo Scappi
1796United StatesEarly American Republic
Simmons's Independence Cake
from American Cookery — Amelia Simmons
1849EnglandVictorian England
Soyer's Potage à la Julienne
from The Modern Housewife — Alexis Soyer
1750 BCIraqOld Babylonian
Sumerian Lamb Stew (Tuh'u)
from Yale Culinary Tablets (YBC 4644) — Anonymous scribe
1747United KingdomGeorgian Britain
Trifle
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1792ChinaQing Dynasty
Twice-Cooked Pork (Yuan Mei style)
from Suiyuan Shidan 隨園食單 — Yuan Mei
1755SwedenAge of Liberty Sweden
Warg's Swedish Meatballs (1755)
from Hjelpreda i Hushållningen — Kajsa Warg
1670EnglandRestoration England
Woolley's Almond Puffs
from The Queen-like Closet — Hannah Woolley
1747United KingdomGeorgian Britain
Yorkshire Pudding
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy — Hannah Glasse
1792ChinaQing Dynasty
Yuan Mei's Braised Bamboo Shoots
from Suiyuan Shidan — Yuan Mei
1792ChinaQing Dynasty
Yuan Mei's Dongpo Pork
from Suiyuan Shidan — Yuan Mei
1792ChinaQing Dynasty
Yuan Mei's Steamed Fish
from Suiyuan Shidan 隨園食單 — Yuan Mei
1891ItalyPost-unification Italy
Zabaglione (Artusi Style)
from La Scienza in Cucina — Pellegrino Artusi
1755SwedenAge of Liberty Sweden
Ärtsoppa (Yellow Pea Soup)
from Hjelpreda i Hushållningen för Unga Fruentimber — Kajsa Warg
1651FranceEarly Modern France
Œufs à la Neige (Snow Eggs)
from Le Cuisinier François — La Varenne
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Every historical recipe on Recipe Filer is drawn from a real, pre-1900 public-domain cookbook. Each source is linked to its scan on Internet Archive so you can verify facts against the original page.
De Re Coquinaria
Apicius · 1
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Book of Household Management
Isabella Beeton · 1861
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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
Hannah Glasse · 1747
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Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Fannie Merritt Farmer · 1896
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Kitab al-Tabikh
Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq · 950
Kitab al-Tabikh
Muhammad al-Baghdadi · 1226
American Cookery
Amelia Simmons · 1796
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Modern Cookery for Private Families
Eliza Acton · 1845
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Le Cuisinier François
François Pierre La Varenne · 1651
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Le Cuisinier François
La Varenne · 1651
Suiyuan Shidan 隨園食單
Yuan Mei · 1792
The Book of Household Management
Isabella Beeton · 1861
La Cuisinière Bourgeoise
Menon · 1746
La Scienza in Cucina
Pellegrino Artusi · 1891
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Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois
François Massialot · 1691
Opera dell'arte del cucinare
Bartolomeo Scappi · 1570
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats
Eliza Leslie · 1828
Suiyuan Shidan
Yuan Mei · 1792
The Compleat Housewife
Eliza Smith · 1727
The Forme of Cury
Richard II's master cooks · 1390
The Indian Cookery Book
Anonymous (Thacker, Spink & Co.) · 1869
The Queen-like Closet
Hannah Woolley · 1670
What Mrs Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking
Abby Fisher · 1881
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A Gift to Young Housewives
Elena Molokhovets · 1861
A New System of Domestic Cookery
Maria Rundell · 1806
Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery
Anonymous · 1875
De Agri Cultura
Cato the Elder
De Observatione Ciborum
Anthimus · 511
Deipnosophistae (compiled)
Various Greek authors · 200
Directions for Cookery
Eliza Leslie · 1837
Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine
Alexandre Dumas · 1873
Hjelpreda i Hushållningen
Kajsa Warg · 1755
Hjelpreda i Hushållningen för Unga Fruentimber
Kajsa Warg · 1755
Le Ménagier de Paris
Anonymous · 1393
Le Viandier
Guillaume Tirel (Taillevent) · 1380
Libro de Cozina
Ruperto de Nola · 1520
Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery
Martha Washington (manuscript) · 1749
Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts
Mary Eales · 1718
Nuevo Cocinero Mejicano en forma de diccionario
Anonymous · 1858
Praktisches Kochbuch
Henriette Davidis · 1845
Ryōri Monogatari 料理物語
Anonymous (Edo period) · 1643
The Accomplisht Cook
Robert May · 1660
The American Frugal Housewife
Lydia Maria Child · 1829
The Cook's Oracle
William Kitchiner · 1817
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director
Richard Bradley · 1736
The English and Australian Cookery Book
Edward Abbott · 1864
The English Huswife
Gervase Markham · 1615
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Elizabeth Raffald · 1769
The Good Housekeeper
Sarah Josepha Hale · 1841
The Modern Housewife
Alexis Soyer · 1849
The Virginia Housewife
Mary Randolph · 1824
Yale Culinary Tablets (YBC 4644)
Anonymous scribe
De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine
Bartolomeo Platina · 1470
