“Good cooking is necessary for the enjoyment of one the great pleasures of life,” begins the introduction to the National Cookery Book – America’s first true cook book. Compiled from the original recipes of the Women’s Centennial Committee of 1876 – the 100th Anniversary of the United States – this cook book sought out recipes from across the nation to genuinely reflect the American culinary tradition of its day.   Paperbound, 357 pp.