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One of America's most important books was published 225 years ago this year. \n\nYou won't find it on a shelf of great American literature. It was not written by a great man of letters, but somebody who described herself simply as 'an American orphan.'\n\nIn 1796 a mysterious woman named Amelia Simmons\xa0published American Cookery, the first compilation of recipes (or receipts) using such previously unknown items as corn, pumpkins and "pearl ash" (similar to baking powder).\n\nThis book changed the direction of fine eating in the newly established United States of America.\n\nBut Amelia herself remains an elusive creator. Who was this person who would have so much influence over the American diet?\n\nJoin Greg through a tour of 70 years of early American eating, identifying the true melting pot of delicious flavors \u2014 Dutch, Native American, Spanish, Caribbean and African \u2014 that transformed early English colonial cooking into something uniquely American.\n\nFEATURING early American recipes for johnnycakes, slapjacks and gazpacho!\n\nboweryboyshistory.com\n\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys