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Mrs. Porter's Cook-Book and Housekeepers' Companion : containing carefully prepared and practically tested recipes for all kinds of plain and fancy dishes; Making of wholesome and palatable confections; Valuable hints on setting of the table; Rules for the proper care of food; together with things every housekeeper should know such as How to Preserve Health; How to make plants grow, and how to make them fresh; Hints for the toilet; How to receive and entertain; What to name the baby; Notes for the modern cook; and many valuable tables useful for every-day reference / by Mrs. M. E. Porter.
LIBRA - Rare TX715 .P67 1974 Klavans copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, M. E., Mrs.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking.
- Genre:
- cookbooks.
- Cookbooks.
- Penn Provenance:
- Klavans, Nancy (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, [1], 391, [3] pages illustrations 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Mrs. Porter's Cook Book
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, [1974]
- Contents:
- Introduction / Elma E. Perrin
- Table of Weights and Measures
- How to Make Soups
- How to Dress Fish
- How to Cook Eggs
- How to Cook Meats
- Poultry and Game
- How to Prepare Vegetables
- Sauces and Gravies
- How to Make Bread
- How to Make Cakes
- How to Make Pastry
- How to Make Puddings
- Light Desserts, Creams, Etc.
- How to Make Beverages
- How to Can Fruits
- Preserves, Jellies, Etc.
- How to Make Pickles
- Cookery for the Sick
- How to Make Confectionery
- How to Set Out a Table
- Rules for the Proper Care of Food
- How to Preserve Health
- How to Receive and Entertain
- How Lumped Sweetness May Gain in Grace
- Things Every Housekeeper Should Know
- Hints for the Toilet
- Flower Plants
- Cut Flowers.
- Notes:
- Reprint of original edition published in 1891 by William Briggs, Toronto, with the title The New World's Fair Cook Book and Housekeeper's Companion.
- Local Notes:
- Klavans Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Nancy Klavans in 2016.
- Klavans copy has dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0070821453 (cloth) :
- 9780070821453
- OCLC:
- 1398015
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