Originally published in 1901

(Re-edited and published by Dr. Frank T. Waters, 1957)

Collected, compiled, edited, and published by the Board of the Knoxville Woman's Building. 

The Knoxville Cook Book was published in 1901 by the directors of the Knoxville Woman's Building Association to raise funds for the upkeep of said building.

According to John Edgerton in his  Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History, “Calling east Tennessee ‘the asparagus bed in the Tennessee garden-spot’, the women proceeded to put forth a diverse and interesting collection of recipes – and described them with an entertaining flair.”