The Home Menu Cook Book, by Myrtle Calkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calkins, Myrtle.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, American.

Menus.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

1 preliminary leaf, 7-253 pages illustration 20 cm

Other Title:

Detroit News Menu cook book

Place of Publication:

Chicago, The Goldsmith Publishing Co. [©1934]

Contents:

Preface

Spring Menus and Recipes

Summer Menus and Recipes

Fall Menus and Recipes

Winter Menus and Recipes

Special Menus and Recipes

Miscellaneous Recipes. Beverages; Breads; Cocktails; Cakes; Cookies; Custards; Pies and Tarts; Puddings; Miscellaneous Desserts; Jams and Jellies; Meats, Fish and Poultry; Gravies; Meat Garnishes; Meat Stuffings; Pickles; Sandwiches; Salads; Salad Dressings; Dessert Sauces; Miscellaneous Sauces; Soups; Vegetables

Household Aids. To clean silver; Care of copper and brass; To clean pewter; Cleaning oil paintings; Water spots on mohair; To clean aluminum; Soap jelly for woodwork; To clean gilt-frames; To remove stains; To remove mildew spots; To remove scorch; To set color

Cocktails and other mixed drinks.

Notes:

Published in 1933 under title: The Detroit News menu cook book.

"Daily menus and recipes providing wholesome and attractive meals at a minimum cost" -- Cover.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has "Circulation Service Company" printed on front cover and spine.

Kislak copy has front free endpaper detached.

OCLC:

2063421