Benjamin Franklin on the Art of Eating

Download or read book Benjamin Franklin on the Art of Eating written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Special Limited Edition to Celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's Birth. The accidental discovery in the Franklin Papers of a set of cooking recipes & the many allusions to food scattered through Ben Franklin's various works & letters have led to an inquiry the results of which may throw some new light on a little studied aspect of the Sage of Philadelphia. This concise book, a special edition of the 1958 original, contains an essay on Benjamin Franklin On the Art of EatingÓ by Gilbert Chinard; a collection of Franklin's Rules [for Eating] & RecipesÓ; & an introduction by Roy Goodman, assistant librarian & curator of printed materials at the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS). Illustrations.