365 Foreign Dishes

UnknownProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.4

Word count: 131K words
Chapters: 14

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.365 Foreign Dishes by UnknownAuthor: Unknown,Language: English, Class: TX: Technology: Home economics, Release Date: Nov 1, 2003

Editor's review

This is a free English-language cookbook released by Project Gutenberg, collecting 365 foreign dishes and arranged around the idea of "365 days a year," making it easy for readers to dip into and bring international cooking to the everyday table. Its value lies not in chef-level technique or glossy photography but in preserving an early snapshot of Western home cooking; readers can observe how ingredient pairings, seasoning habits, and culinary vocabulary have evolved. As a public-domain ebook, the text is easy to obtain and convenient to search, excerpt, and print. It is best treated as a reference book and source of inspiration: skim the contents for dishes that interest you, then adapt them to the modern kitchen. Note that the original is in English and dates from an earlier era, so some measures, oven temperatures, and ingredient names differ from current usage; convert and confirm before cooking.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Cooking enthusiasts who collect international home recipes and want to expand their everyday repertoire
Researchers interested in early Western food writing and the evolution of recipe texts
Language learners who need English culinary material for excerpting and comparative reading
Reference-oriented readers who prefer public-domain ebooks that are easy to search and print

Not a good fit for

Complete beginners who want illustrated, step-by-step guidance
Practical cooks seeking modern nutritional balances and precise gram-based formulas
Readers who are not comfortable with English and need a complete Chinese translation

Reading tips

Read through the contents first, mark ten dishes by ingredient or type, then try them in batches.
Convert old measures and oven temperatures before cooking, and adjust heat to modern equipment.
Take brief notes as you read, recording ingredient equivalents and local substitutes.
Treat it as a reference rather than a tutorial; look up unfamiliar terms before cooking.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Is this book suitable for someone with no cooking experience at all?

Not really. The original dates from an earlier era, the steps are brief, and the measures and oven temperatures differ from modern conventions, so beginners may struggle with conversions and judging heat. If you want to try, start with simple dishes and work alongside someone with basic cooking experience or a modern recipe.

Can the recipes be followed directly?

Most need conversion first: old measures must be translated into grams and milliliters, oven temperatures matched to modern settings, and some ingredient names verified. Understand the logic of each method first, then adapt to locally available ingredients and a modern kitchen rather than following the text word for word.

Is this book in Chinese or English?

The original is in English, released by Project Gutenberg as a free ebook in the public domain. Reading requires some English, especially ingredient names and cooking verbs; a dictionary or comparison with modern English recipes will help.

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Unknown Author

"Unknown" is not the real name of a particular author but a general label used in book cataloging and publishing for works whose authorship is unidentified or anonymous. Public information is limited, and neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified. The collection contains 118 titles issued under this name, spanning a wide range of subjects: Icelandic sagas such as The Story of Burnt Njal and The Saga of Grettir the Strong, the Middle High German epic Das Nibelungenlied, the Old English religious verse manuscript Codex Junius 11, the Italian Renaissance comedy Gl'ingannati, widely circulated tales such as The Only True Mother Goose Melodies and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, and a treatise on conjuring, Hocus Pocus Junior. These are mostly editions or translations of folklore, epics, and early drama, forming a cross-linguistic, cross-period compilation that offers readers various facets of the European narrative tradition.