The first appearance in print of any variant of the word 'jambalaya' in any language occurred in "Leis amours de Vanus; vo, Lou paysan oou théâtré", by Fortuné (Fortunat) Chailan, first published in Provençal dialect in 1837. The earliest appearance of the word in print in English occurs in the May 1849 issue of the "American Agriculturalist", page 161, where Solon Robinson refers to a recipe for 'Hopping Johnny (jambalaya)'. Jambalaya did not appear in a cookbook until 1878, when the "Gulf City Cook Book", by the ladies of the St. Francis Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was printed in South Mobile, Alabama. It contains a recipe for "JAM BOLAYA".