Mitchells Publications: Compact Editions
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Compact Editions in the African-American category.

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1600's

• The Good Land: Native American and Early Colonial Food
• Colonial Foodways in the 1600's
• Colonial Sweets and Spirits
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

1700's

• At the Table in Colonial America: 1700-1776
• Revolutionary Recipes
• Colonial Spices and Herbs
• Colonial Sweets and Spirits
• Colonial Christmas Cooking
• Cooking in Young America 1780–1850
• Women's Clothing in the Revolutionary War Era 1765–1783
• Men's Clothing 1760–1785
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

Early 1800's

• Cooking in Young America 1780–1850
• That Palace in Washington: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1800–1850
• Pack the Skillet: American Pioneer Cooking
• Ladies' Clothing in the 1830's
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

Mid- and Late 1800's

• Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties
• Delicacies in Proportion: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1850–1901
• Pack the Skillet: American Pioneer Cooking
• Dining Cars and Depots: Train Food in America
• Victorian Travel and Pleasures of the Table
• Victorian Christmas Celebration Cookbook
• Christmas Season During Slavery Times: From Some Who Lived It
• Grace in Skirt and Sleeve: Victorian Ladies' Clothing 1894–1901
• A Pleasant Chaos — Victorian Interior Design: Parlors & Sitting Rooms 1870–1890
• See also Civil War Books and Time-Spanning Books.

Early and Mid-1900's

• Plain Food & High Thinking: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1901–1953
• Dining Cars and Depots: Train Food in America
• Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook
• Sweet Memories of Christmas Cookbook
• Real South Cooking: Authentic, Traditional Southern Food
• Good Food, Good Folks, Good Times: Just Being Southern
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

Time-Spanning Books

• Four Centuries of American Herbs
• Refreshments Now and Then: Colonial, Victorian, & Contemporary Sweets
• Suited to a Tea
• The Great American Apple: At the Very Core of Our Culture
• Soul on Rice: African Influences on American Cooking
• Mammy: The Hand that Rocked the South
• French Cooking in Early America
• La Cuisine Française des Premières Années de l'Amérique du Nord (French translation of French Cooking in Early America)
• German Cooking in America
• Southern Mountain Cooking
• Southern Hospitality & Recipes to Share
• Magic in the Pot: Louisiana Food Traditions

Colonial

• The Good Land: Native American and Early Colonial Food
• Colonial Foodways in the 1600's
• At the Table in Colonial America: 1700-1776
• Revolutionary Recipes
• Colonial Spices and Herbs
• Colonial Sweets and Spirits
• Colonial Christmas Cooking
• Women's Clothing in the Revolutionary War Era 1765–1783
• Men's Clothing 1760–1785
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

Young Republic / Federal Period

• Cooking in Young America 1780–1850
• That Palace in Washington: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1800–1850
• Pack the Skillet: American Pioneer Cooking
• Ladies' Clothing in the 1830's
• See also Time-Spanning Books.

Civil War

• Cooking for the Cause: Confederate Recipes, Documented Quotations, Commemorative Recipes
• Confederate Camp Cooking
• Confederate Home Cooking
• Union Army Camp Cooking
• Northern Ladies' Civil War Recipes
• Yanks, Rebels, Rats, & Rations: Scratching for Food in Civil War Prison Camps
• Civil War Plants & Herbs
• Civil War Celebrations
• Divided Christmas: Four Years of Civil War Yuletides
• Powers of Endurance: Women in Wartime 1861–1865
• Confederate Receipt Book 1863
• Northern Ladies' Civil War Fashions 1861–1865
• Southern Ladies' Civil War and Antebellum Fashions 1855–1865
• See also Time-Spanning Books and Victorian Books.

Victorian

• Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties
• Victorian Christmas Celebration Cookbook
• Delicacies in Proportion: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1850–1901
• Victorian Travel and Pleasures of the Table
• Dining Cars and Depots: Train Food in America
• Grace in Skirt and Sleeve: Victorian Ladies' Clothing 1894–1901
• A Pleasant Chaos — Victorian Interior Design: Parlors & Sitting Rooms 1870–1890
• See also Civil War Books and Time-Spanning Books.

African-American

• Soul on Rice: African Influences on American Cooking
• Plantation Row Slave Cabin Cooking: The Roots of Soul Food
• Mammy: The Hand that Rocked the South
• Christmas Season During Slavery Times: From Some Who Lived It

French Colonial

• French Cooking in Early America
• La Cuisine Française des Premières Années de l'Amérique du Nord (French translation of French Cooking in Early America)
• Magic in the Pot: Louisiana Food Traditions

German-American

• German Cooking in America
• See also Southern Mountain Cooking.

Native American

• The Good Land: Native American and Early Colonial Food

Southern Regional

• Real South Cooking: Authentic, Traditional Southern Food
• Good Food, Good Folks, Good Times: Just Being Southern
• Waking Up Down South: Southern Breakfast Traditions
• Delightful Dreams of Dixie Dinners
• Soul on Rice: African Influences on American Cooking
• Plantation Row Slave Cabin Cooking: The Roots of Soul Food
• Mammy: The Hand that Rocked the South
• Christmas Season During Slavery Times: From Some Who Lived It
• Biscuits & Belles: Official Biscuit Manual and Guide to Southern Bellery
• Southern Hospitality & Recipes to Share
• Butter 'em While They're Hot!
• Southern Born and BREAD
• Specialties from the Southern Garden: Nostalgic Vegetable Dishes
• Simply Scrumptious Southern Sweets
• Sweet 'n' Slow: Apple Butter, Cane Molasses, and Sorghum Syrup Recipes
• Magic in the Pot: Louisiana Food Traditions
• Southern Mountain Cooking
• Cooking for the Cause: Confederate Recipes, Documented Quotations, Commemorative Recipes
• Confederate Camp Cooking
• Confederate Home Cooking
• Southern Ladies' Civil War and Antebellum Fashions 1855–1865

Louisiana

• Magic in the Pot: Louisiana Food Traditions
• French Cooking in Early America
• La Cuisine Française des Premières Années de l'Amérique du Nord (French translation of the above French Cooking in Early America)

Southern Mountains

• Southern Mountain Cooking
• Sweet 'n' Slow: Apple Butter, Cane Molasses, and Sorghum Syrup Recipes

Traditional and Natural Foods

• Just Naturally Sweet: Honey, Molasses, Sorghum, and Maple Syrup; No Refined Sugar
• Sweet 'n' Slow: Apple Butter, Cane Molasses, and Sorghum Syrup Recipes
• Apple Country Cooking
• The Great American Apple: At the Very Core of Our Culture
• Specialties from the Southern Garden: Nostalgic Vegetable Dishes
• See also Grist Mill Products and Herbs.

Grist Mill and Wholegrain Products

• Loaves of Love: Wholegrain Yeast Breads
• True Grist: Buckwheat Flour and Cornmeal Recipes
• Butter 'em While They're Hot!
• Southern Born and BREAD
• Grist Mill Quick Loaf Breads
• As the Mill Wheel Turns
• Crumbs Between the Covers: Homemade Bread for In and Out of Bed (an earlier version of the above As the Mill Wheel Turns)
• Biscuits & Belles: Official Biscuit Manual and Guide to Southern Bellery
• A Bowl of Soup, a Crust of Bread, & Thou

Herbs

• Four Centuries of American Herbs
• Colonial Spices and Herbs
• Civil War Plants & Herbs

Teas

• Suited to a Tea
• Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties

Christmas

• Colonial Christmas Cooking
• Victorian Christmas Celebration Cookbook
• Divided Christmas: Four Years of Civil War Yuletides
• Christmas Season During Slavery Times: From Some Who Lived It
• Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook
• Sweet Memories of Christmas Cookbook

Railroads and Travel

• Dining Cars and Depots: Train Food in America
• Victorian Travel and Pleasures of the Table

Presidents, First Families, and the White House

• That Palace in Washington: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1800–1850
• Delicacies in Proportion: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1850–1901
• Plain Food & High Thinking: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1901–1953

• A Lick and a Promise: Relaxing Recipes and Wise Words
• Salad Days: Super Salads and Delicious Dressings
• The Take-It Easy Good-Times Cookbook: Easy, Economical, Exciting Entrees
• Well, Bless Your Heart, Vol. I: Health-Conscious Recipes for Breakfast and Lunch
• Well, Bless Your Heart, Vol. II: Health-Conscious Dinner Recipes

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