Cooking: History

Introduction

This page highlights just a few of the published and manuscript materials concerning cooking starting as early as the mid-18th century through the 21st. Although the published materials will focus directly on cooking, researchers should consider first investigating a manuscript's finding aid to determine exactly what to request.

Suggested Subject Headings

Full steps on how to use these subject terms can be found on this LibGuide's homepage. However, researchers should also consider using generic subject heading searches such as "Cooking," and filtering results by "Publication Date." Subject headings researchers may also find helpful include:

• Cookbooks

• Cooking

• Food

• Formulas, recipes, etc.

• Home economics

• Recipes