The Books and Cooks of Nineteenth-Century Creole Cuisine
Over the course of the nineteenth century, cookbooks, often authored by women, became increasingly popular throughout the United States, including in the South. An 1839 article from the Daily Picayune commented on the trend: “Once, our smart damsels and grave madams gave us sentimental confectionary in the form of novels; but now they give us the science of gastronomy, that comes home to our bosoms three times a day.”
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The Nineteenth-Century Bathing Environment
Imagine living through a New Orleans summer without being able to take a refreshing shower?
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Keeping Cool in the Big Easy
Though year to year the date may change, as soon as the end of spring nears, you can hear the constant whirling sound of external air conditioning units in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans. In nineteenth-century New Orleans, however, citizens were not so fortunate.
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