The Kansas Home Cook-Book. Cookery Americana

by CUSHING, Mrs. C.H.; GRAY, Mrs. B (Compiled by)

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Book desription: New York: Arno Press, 1973. FINE+ book condition/NO dust jacket. Burgandy leatherette hard cover with gilt design & title on front & spine. A slight amount of bindery wrinkling to spine gutters. Very tiny amount of shelf dent to spine ends. This is a reprint of the Fifth Edition, 1886, published by Crew & Bro., Booksellers & Publishers, Leavenworth, Kansas. Originally printed in 1874. Introduction and Suggested Recipes by Louis Szathmary. "Cookery Americana is a series of 27 cookbooks in 15 volumes that chronicles a fascinating aspect of American social life over the past 150 years." From the Introduction: "Probably no other source gives such a concise yet entertaining glimpse of domestic life, manners, customs, etiquette, and socio-economic conditions of the Midwest in the seventies and eighties, as is found in the first fifty pages of this book. It is not only educational, but amusing, delightful and fascinating reading indeed, ..." When was the last time you saw a recipe for Pickled Pigs Feet, Baked Prairie Chicken, Curing Ham, Wine Jelly, or Blackberry Wine? Do you know how to make Vinegar? It includes household hints like how to Make Canaries Sing, how to make Whitewash, Table Etiquette, Making guests feel welcome, home remedies for medical problems & Household Hints. Very gently read. Spine uncracked. 317 pp plus 6 pages of ads. Pages clean, tight & unmarked. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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