the american cookbook is 200 years old
Amelia Simmons made history 200 years ago when she published the first edition of American Cookery, widely reputed to be the first cookbook written in America, by an American, for Americans. The book was.... (read on here)
US cookbook facts and stats
- Sales of cookbooks in the US have increased an average of 9% per year since 1996, despite overall declines in printed book sales.
- During the year 2000 alone, nearly 530 million cookbooks and wine books/magazines were sold in the US.
- Of adult book genres, approximately 10% of all books sold are cookbooks.
- Cookbooks are a $2 Billion a year industry in the US.
- Food and cooking television programming has been the fastest growing television programming segment since 2001.
What does this mean? Simply put, cookbooks are in high demand and those with an interesting theme will generate big sales!