Applewood Military History Series joins Fort York’s canteen

A well known American series of facsimile reprints has recently joined the stock of our enterprising canteen. Based in Massachusetts, the Applewood firm reprints “books from the past that are still of interest to modern readers.” Available now in our own shop – and a vivid testament to Applewood’s optimism – is 1812: The War and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle, by William F. Coffin, first published at Montreal in 1864. It is a partisan piece; and the aforementioned “moral” will not be revealed here.

Culinary historians, adventurous chefs and all lovers of dessert will be pleased to find a new selection of modestly priced Applewood cookbooks, including The Lady’s Assistant (1787) by Charlotte Mason; The Imperial and Royal Cook (1809) by Frederick Nutt; The London Art of Cookery (1811) by John Farley; The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universary Dictionary (1823) by Mary Eaton; and the indispensable Cottage Economy (1833) by William Cobbett.

The canteen also has an ample stock of the newly fashionable Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (MQUP, 2017). An editor of the book, Fiona Lucas, graced Hungry for Comfort.