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A complete, free, and searchable digital edition of The Grocer's Encyclopedia (Artemas Ward, New York, 1911) — a landmark A-to-Z reference of foods and beverages. Its 1,556 entries cover "everything that crossed the counter of the general store": fruits, fish, spices, cheeses, wines, and staples, each reproduced in full from the public-domain original, with live search across the whole work. It is a primary source for teaching and research in food history, culinary arts, home economics, and material and economic history — documenting what early-twentieth-century Americans knew about their food, including period concerns such as adulteration, storage, and spoilage. Free to read, cite, and assign; no login or paywall.

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