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Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5973
EAN: 9780486292960
Edition: Dover Ed
ISBN: 0486292967
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: November 20, 1996
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
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Engagingly written volume not only provided the mid-19th-century housekeeper with recipes for scores of nutritious dishes but also offered wide-ranging suggestions for frugal and intelligent household management. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning domestic accessories, dealing with hired help, and much more.
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Sarah Josepha Hale, author of "Early American Cookery" was the editor of the "Ladies' Magazine" from 1827 to 1836, and then editor of "Godey's Lady's Book" from 1837 to 1877. If you are interested in the lives of nineteenth-century Americans, most especially what they ate, how they cleaned house, and how they raised their children, this book is a gold mine.
In the preface to the first edition of this book, the author quoted foreigners as saying that "our climate is unhealthy; that the ... Read More
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