Title page from The White House Cook Book
Recipe page from The White House Cook Book
Cover of The White House Cook Book
Printable recipe card for Parker House Rolls from The White House Cook Book
Original page → printable card Historic recipe, modern card
1776–2026 · American Food History for the 250th

The White House Cook Book

A historic American cookbook by F.L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · First published 1887

For America’s 250th, Card My Recipe is bringing historic American cookbooks back to the table. This collection turns recipes, menus, and household guidance from The White House Cook Book into clean, printable recipe cards you can browse, save, and share.

Independent historic collection. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the White House.

Why this collection matters

The White House Cook Book is more than a recipe book. It captures how Americans cooked, planned menus, preserved food, entertained guests, and passed household knowledge from one generation to the next.

For America’s 250th, we’re turning this historic cookbook into printable recipe cards while keeping the original pages nearby, so the recipes feel both preserved and usable.

Because old recipes are not just instructions — they are family memory.

Have a family recipe worth saving?

Turn a handwritten, printed, or pasted recipe into a beautiful card.

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Recipe page from The White House Cook Book
Original cookbook page
Printable recipe card for Parker House Rolls from The White House Cook Book
Printable recipe card

Recipes, menus, and original pages

Move through the collection in book order, with original pages and printable cards side by side.

Coffee, Tea And Beverages

Delicious Junket

From The White House Cook Book · First published 1887 1776–2026 · American Food History for the 250th
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Have a family recipe worth saving?

Turn a handwritten, printed, or pasted recipe into a beautiful card.

Make your own card