A beautiful memorial to the brave women who defied Hitler by preserving a part of their hertiage and a part of themselves in this handwritten collection of recipes, proving that the Nazis could not break the spirit of the Jewish people.
This is a facsimile of the original 1887 cookbook used by the White House cooking staff. It is an interesting look at the history of food, its preparation and use. This historic cookbook includes a section on daily menus as well as those served on special occasions. It also includes a section on sickness and health. View More...
Place and time dictated what your ancestors ate, just as they control our food choices. This book is part history--telling about food choices at different places and time--as well as commonly used cooking terms whose meanings are difficult to know. For example, if a recipe calls for 1 saltspoon of salt, how much is that for modern cooks? Or how many eggs are in a pound of eggs? Avena is what grain? If a recipe calls for homard, what are you going to use? The answer to these questions and many more are in this 207-page book. The last section of the book are for your favorite recipes as well as ... View More...
