Recipes in Handwritten Cookbooks from Historic Dutch Houses

Fun Festivities with Food for the 400th

Recipes in Handwritten Cookbooks from Historic Dutch Houses

Peter G. Rose, a culinary historian and the award-winning author of ten books, celebrated the 400th anniversary of Albany exploring recipes in cookbooks found in the city's Dutch houses.  Below is his portrait of what he has found.

Courtesy of the New York Archives Partnership Trust.  Explore the Spring issue of its New York Archives magazine.

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