From the earliest American cookbook, through the influential and prolific cookbook authors of the 19th century, to the 20th century’s radical changes to the way we cook and eat, join food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson for a journey through America’s cuisine as told by cookbooks. Along the way we’ll meet celebrity chefs obscure and familiar from all over the country and across the decades, exploring the major events and social trends that shaped American foodways. Spanning the late 18th century to the present, Wassberg Johnson discusses how cookbooks reflected and influenced changes in home cooking in the United States.