Explores the way cook books and the art of cookery changed in the Northern States during the American Civil War, exploring recipes and popular dishes served in the north during this time.

Feeding the North / by Kelly J. Sisson Lessens and Adam Arenson -- Seeing the Civil War era through its cookbooks -- Mary Hooker Cornelius, The young housekeeper's friend -- Mrs. S.G. Knight, Tit-bits, or, How to prepare a nice dish at a moderate expense -- P.K.S., What to do with the cold mutton : a book of réchauffés, together with many other approved receipts for the kitchen of a gentleman of moderate income -- Ann Howe, The American kitchen directory and housewife -- What shall we eat? A manual for housekeepers, comprising a bill of fare for breakfast, dinner, and tea, for every day in the year -- Glossary of nineteenth-century cooking terms.