The cover from the edition published in Williamsburg in 1742.

The Compleat Housewife also known as Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion written by Eliza Smith and originally published in London, England in 1742,^[1] is considered the first cookbook to ever be published in the United States.^[2] The Compleat Housewife contained not only recipes, but also contained directions for painting rooms, removing mildew, and home remedies for treating ailments, such as smallpox.^[3] London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... An example recipe, printed from the Wikibooks Cookbook. ... A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) was a highly contagious viral disease unique to humans. ...

The Compleat Housewife was first published in the United States in 1746, by William Parks, a Williamsburg, Virginia printer. He printed and sold the cookbook, believing that there was a strong market for it with Virginia housewives who wished to be current with the London fashion.^[3] Parks was the founder of the Maryland Gazette (now known as the The Capital), and published a number of minor books and pamphlets before printing The Compleat Housewife, which became his major book publication. The book that was published in America was the fifth London edition, which was a best seller of the time.^[4] Nickname: The Burg Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... The Capital is a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, Maryland. ...

The Compleat Housewife title page describes the book as a

"collection of several hundred of the most approved recipts [sic.], in cookery, pastry, confectionery, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jellies, made wines, cordials. And also bills of fare for every month of the year. To which is added, a collection of nearly two hundred family receipts of medicines; viz. drinks, syrups, salves, ointments, and many other things of sovereign and approved efficacy in most distempers, pains, aches, wounds, sores, etc. never before made publick [sic.] in these parts; fit either for private families, or such publick-spirited [sic.] gentlewomen as would be beneficent to their poor neighbours [sic.]."

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