 In the US, the first colonial cookbook was published by William Parks in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1742, based on Eliza Smith's "The Compleat Housewife; or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion", and it included several recipes for soups and bisques.A 1772 cookbook, "The Frugal Housewife", contained an entire chapter on the topic.English cooking dominated early colonial cooking; but as new immigrants arrived from other countries, other national soups gained popularity.