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The Whys of Cooking

Read by BettyB


Janet McKenzie Hill


An entertaining yet informative look at the history of Crisco, its place in the "modern" kitchen, basic recipes and how to set up …

The Khaki Kook Book

Read by Clarica


Mary Kennedy Core


We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…

Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners

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Marion Harland


With this book, Marion Harland presents the reader and listener with "A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers". Housek…

Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen

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Catherine Owen


This is not a cookery book. It makes no attempt to replace a good one; it is rather an effort to fill up the gap between you and your househ…

The Case of Jennie Brice

Read by Wina Hathaway


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a m…

Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties

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Janet McKenzie Hill


There is positive need of more widespread knowledge of the principles of cookery. Few women know how to cook an egg or boil a potato properl…

The Precipice

Read by Mary Schneider


Elia Wilkinson Peattie


Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…

Roast Beef, Medium

Read by Phil Chenevert


Edna Ferber


This book follows the adventures of Emma McChesney, a smart and savvy divorced mother who travels the Midwest as a sales representative for …

Mary Cary, Frequently Martha

Read by Jan MacGillivray


Kate Langley Bosher


"My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orp…

A Hive of Busy Bees

Read by Rosa Grace


Effie Mae Hency Williams


In the summer, Don and Joyce stay on their Grandma and Grandpa's farm. They have great fun, and every night Grandma tells them a story about…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

The Mystery of Mary

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Grace Livingston Hill


Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young wom…

Wanted

Read by TriciaG


Pansy


Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …

Emma

Read by Sherry Crowther


Jane Austen


Sherry reads Jane Austen’s sparkling comedy of manners with wit and vivacity, and brings the characters to life. Mr. Woodhouse worries and f…

What Katy Did at School

Read by Karen Savage


Susan Coolidge


The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover. (Summary by Karen Savage)

The Italian Cook Book

Read by Diana Majlinger


Maria Gentile


One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reas…

When Mother Lets Us Cook

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Constance Johnson


A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils need…

The Mary Frances Cook Book

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Jane Eayre Fryer


Another of the charming Mary Frances books, this one 'Among the Kitchen People', where young girls are encouraged to be mother's helper's in…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim


An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

Gretchen

Read by Celine Major


Mary Jane Holmes


Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that…

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