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Along with simply written recipes for roasting a pig and preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes, this fascinating book, with its lively and direct style, also offered 19th-century readers suggestions for treating chilblains and dysentery, cleaning white kid gloves, educating one’s daughters, and advice for dealing with dozens of other domestic concerns. First published in 1832, it was a “must” for brides of the mid-1800s. An intriguing glimpse into the kitchens of the past for modern cooks, antiquarians, and nostalgia lovers. (more…)

Originally published in 1832, this extraordinary manual for the homemaker of modest means is far more than a mere “cookbook.” In an age before electricity, refrigeration or any other modern convenience, the fine art of storing, preparing and serving food presented difficulties unimagined in our time, challenges our forebears mastered with ingenuity, hard work, the inherited knowledge of generations past, and the sheer American pluck required to make the cheerful best of any so (more…)

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Author of “Hobomok”, “The Mother’s Book” and Editor of the “Juvenile Miscellany” in 1832

About the AuthorLydia Marie Child (1802-1880) was a celebrated American author, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. Born in Medford, MA, her grandfather’s house still stands near the Mystic River as a tangible reminder of her most memorable poem.1802-1880
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