Mrs Lincoln's Cook Book. What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking
by Lincoln, D A [Mrs]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Slight tearing to title page along inner hinge
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Slight tearing to title page along inner hinge. 1892. Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover with marbled boards. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xiv, 536pp + ads. Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (July 8, 1844 December 2, 1921) was an influential Boston cooking teacher and cookbook author. Considered one of the pioneers of the Domestic Science movement in the United States, she was among the very first to address the scientific and nutritional basis of food preparation. During her years at The Boston Cooking School, she researched and wrote Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking, published by the Boston firm of Roberts Brothers in 1884. She later observed, "This was done primarily to meet the need of a textbook for our pupils and save the copying of recipes ..." It was one of the first American cook books to provide scientific information about nutrition and the chemistry of cooking. It also help set a pattern for the rational organization of cookbooks, and was among the first in America to provide recipes formulated with consistent measurements. It should be seen as the fore-runner to the world-famous Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Mrs. Lincoln's most prominent student who eventually succeeded her as principal of the Boston Cooking School. In addition, Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book included extensive advice for those who wished to operate a school of cooking in a chapter entitled 'An Outline of Study for Teachers'. .
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- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- k2278
- Title
- Mrs Lincoln's Cook Book. What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking
- Author
- Lincoln, D A [Mrs]
- Format/Binding
- Brown hardback cloth cover with marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Slight tearing to title page along inner hinge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Early Cook Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Cook Book;
Terms of Sale
Barter Books Ltd
We run a 'no quibble' returns policy. If we have made any error of collation or missed any significant flaw, or if we have failed to describe the condition honestly and accurately, we refund the cost of the book in full, plus the cost of outward shipping, plus the cost of your return shipping.
About the Seller
Barter Books Ltd
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Alnwick, Northumberland
About Barter Books Ltd
Since its opening in 1991 within the premises of a small model factory at Alnwick Station, Barter Books has grown well beyond original expectations. Starting off in what was the ticket and parcel office of the original Station, the bookshop has expanded down the platforms and through the waiting rooms, until it now covers over one-quarter of the whole Station site. This translates into an area exceeding 8000 square feet and containing over 350,000 books on more than three miles of shelving. Also the Famous Writers Mural - 40 feet long by 18 feet high, the similarly sized Railway Mural and the Tennyson Installation. The bookshop also sells secondhand videos and music (CDs, LPs, cassettes, sheet music), as well as a small but growing section of artists' prints. And then there are the shop's many extra features! These include an open fire in the winter, coffee and cookies, a model railway running above the book columns, a mini-cybercafe, generous seating and browsing areas, a children's room, and dozens of glass cases containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. The latest feature is the Station Buffet with hot and cold food and a fine selection of coffees and teas. A final note: during the enlargement process the owners took (and are taking!) particular pleasure in restoring, as they can, various features of the Station. This so far includes the original North Eastern Railway cast iron fireplaces, two of the Station clocks, a drinking fountain, and various waiting rooms. Most dramatic of all, however, was the restoration of part of the glass roof. That was when we all stood about watching as the sun came streaming in for the first time in many years to bring the wonderful old Station visually back to life.
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
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- Reprint
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