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The Whys of Cooking

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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

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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…

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…

Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book

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H. J. Clayton


The author, H.J. Clayton, subtitles this book, “being a practical treatise on the culinary art adapted to the tastes and wants of all classe…

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…

Wholesome Cooking

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Ethel Longley Harris


Wholesome Cooking, A Practical Book for a Practical Cook, Two Hundred Well-Tested Recipes selected by Ethel Harris. Ten chapters from soup…

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…

Kitchen Tested Recipes from Canned Foods

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American Can Company


Another pamphlet by the American Can Company offering ways to cook fish, soups, vegetables and fruits using time-saving cannedingredients. -…

A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery

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Juliet Corson


"This course of lectures is designed to meet the wants of two classes of persons:First—Those who are experienced housekeepers, familiar…

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…

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

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Elizabeth E. Lea


The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…

American Cookery

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Amelia Simmons


American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks …

Roast Beef, Medium

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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 …

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…

The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery

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Juliet Corson


Food is one of the necessities but also one of the greatest pleasures. Knowing how to cook a good meal is therefore extremely important for …

A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl

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Caroline French Benton


Join Margaret, a little girl who really wants to learn how to properly cook and bake everything from seafood to cake, as she sets out to mak…

Choice Cookery

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Catherine Owen


Choice cookery is not intended for households that have to study economy, except where economy is a relative term; where, perhaps, the house…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

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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…

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