About the Book

Sarah Tyson Rorer ran the Philadelphia Cooking School and was, for thirty years, one of the most influential cookery writers in America — author of the Philadelphia Cook Book, Canning and Preserving, and Home Candy Making, all advertised on this book's own title page.

Hot Weather Dishes, copyright 1888, addresses a problem that a coal range made acute: a summer kitchen was unbearable, and the household still had to be fed. Her answer is a book of dishes that need little fire, or none.

This site reproduces the complete text of the original 1888 edition, digitized page by page from the original printing. The book is in the public domain.