Cincinnati Early Thanksgiving Recipes: 1800's Thanksgiving in Cincinnati Taste

Cincinnati Early Thanksgiving Recipes: 1800's Thanksgiving in Cincinnati Taste

Step back into a time when Thanksgiving wasn’t a holiday of grocery store abundance—but a celebration of survival, community, and the bounty coaxed from the rugged Ohio frontier. Frontier Thanksgiving Cookbook transports you to Cincinnati in the late 1700s and early 1800s, when the first settlers carved homes out of dense forest and celebrated the harvest with meals shaped by necessity, creativity, and cultural blending. This book reimagines the foods early Cincinnati families could have shared around their primitive tables—combining Native American agricultural traditions, early American cooking techniques, and the rich heritage brought by New England, German, and Appalachian settlers. Inside this unique cookbook, you’ll discover: - 50 historically inspired recipes , rewritten with clear, modern step-by-step instructions - Authentic frontier dishes featuring wild game, hearty stews, rustic breads, and early American desserts - True “Three Sisters” vegetable combinations passed down from Indigenous foodways - A glimpse into Cincinnati’s earliest Thanksgivings , when meals were communal, resourceful, and meaningful - Breads baked in cast iron , soups simmered over open hearths, and desserts sweetened with maple, molasses, or cider This is more than a recipe book—it’s a culinary time machine. Whether you're a history lover, a Cincinnati native, a Thanksgiving traditionalist, or a cook who appreciates rustic, soul-warming food, this cookbook offers a vivid journey into the kitchens and cabins of America’s frontier past.