Woman s home companion cookbook recipes lighten your. Soft molasses cookies 3 cups sifted flour 112 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 12 teaspoon baking soda 12 teaspoon ginger 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon. The book is a fascinating memoir about alice s life as friend, lover, and aidedecamp to gertrude stein. I have my mothers 1950 cook book that looks almost as the one pictured. This is the third copy i have bought and passed on to one of those friends. Well show you how to get a feel for what value has been attached to the title by booksellers and collectors. Every one of the 2,600 recipes in this book was either originated or thoroughly tested in the companion s home service kitchens before it earned its place in this book. Feb 18, 2016 tried and true recipes and wonderful old school information see more ideas about cookbook recipes, school information and food recipes.
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Gary edward garrison keillor born august 7, 1942 is an american author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. For years the editors had been urged to compile a cookbook that would be considered the miniature kitchen encyclopedia and here it. Also included is a news clipping written and annotated by amelia bloomer regarding her involvement with the lily. Womans home companion is a book that contains several generations of foundational american heritage cooking. Womans home companion cook book 1946 vintage cookbooks, cook books. Poetry is a regular feature on garrison keillor s npr radio show a prairie home companion, but for the last five years, it has formed the core of the writer s almanac, a daily, fiveminute, 7 a.
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