The White House Cook Book : a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home ; containing cooking toilet and household recipes, menus, table etiquette, care of the sick, health suggestions, facts worth knowing, etc. / by Hugo Ziemann, Steward of the White House, and Mrs. F. K. Gillette ; revised by Mrs. Mary E. Dague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziemann, Hugo, author.

Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira), 1828-1926, author.

Dague, Mary E., author.

Contributor:

Grad, Laurie Burrows, associated name, former owner.

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Subjects (All):

White House (Washington, D.C.).

Cooking, American.

Home economics--United States.

Home economics.

Physical Description:

605, [1] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

Revised for both small and large families

Other Title:

Whitehouse Cookbook

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1929.

Contents:

Publishers' Preface

Carving

Soups. Soups without Meat

Modes of Frying. Fish

Shell-Fish

Poultry and Game

Meats

Mutton and Lamb

Sauces and Dressings. Salads; Catsups; Pickles

Vegetables

Macaroni

Butter and Cheese

Casserole Dishes

Eggs and Omelets

Sandwiches

Bread. Biscuits, Rolls, Muffins, Etc.; Toast

Cakes. Frosting or Icing; Fillings; Cakes

Pastry, Pies and Tarts

Custards, Creams and Desserts

Ice-Cream and Ices

Dumplings and Puddings

Sauces for Puddings

Preserves, Jellies, Etc.

Canned Fruits

Confectionery

Coffee, Tea, Beverages

Cooking for Two

Seasonable Foods

Menus

Special Menus

Management and Direction of Dinners and Receptions on State Occasions at the White House

For the Sick

Health Suggestions

Miscellaneous Recipes

Facts Worth Knowing

Toilet Recipes and Items

Miscellaneous. French Words in Cooking; Small Points on Table Etiquette.

Notes:

Edition statement from spine.

"Convenience has been studied in the make-up of the book. The type is large and plain; it is sewed by patent flexible process, so that when opened it will not close of itself, and its bound in enameled cloth, adapted for the kitchen."--Publishers' Preface.

Some recipes are attributed.

Baking powder advertisement: [1] page at end.

Includes index.

Light grey covered cloth boards with drawing of White House in circle with rays on front cover and illustration of Capitol on spine. Flowered endpapers.

Local Notes:

TX715.Z58 1929: presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad has recipes written in ms. on verso of front free endpaper, verso of title page, verso of plate and recto of back free endpaper. Postcard addressed to Mrs. D. H. Larson on annual clearance sale in 1967 and top half of George Washington 2 cent? stamp laid in. Copy has front cover and spine partially detached.

OCLC:

1603143937