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TESTED RECIPES CONTRIBUTED BY THE LADIES OF ST. MARK'S PARISH, MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis, St. Mark's Parish/W. A. Edwards Printing Co. 1891, First Edition, Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. ΒΆ A very scarce 19th century charitable cook book from Minnesota. Recipes contributed by the women members of the parish of St. Mark's Church, Minneapolis. Brown cloth over boards, lettering blind-stamped on front board; endpapers printed with ads; 110 pp.; approx. 9 3/8 in. x 6 1/8 in. Includes: Bread and Biscuit; Breakfast and Lunch Dishes; Salads; Pickles, Catsups and Sauces; Cakes, Cookies, Etc.; Soups; Fish and Oysters; Poultry and Game; Meats; Vegetables; Puddings and Creams; Pies; Candies; Drinks; Miscellaneous and Additional Recipes. Includes 26 pp. of local ads. Included in "Food on the Frontier: Minnesota Cooking from 1850 to 1900 with Selected Recipes," by Marjorie Kreidberg and published by the Minnesota Historical Society. Listed in Cook, America's Charitable Cooks (p.139). Cloth very stained and worn, spine ends worn and frayed, corners worn through; both hinges cracked to webbing, with spine backing starting to loosen; top 2 inches of first free endpaper torn off, affecting ads; "Weights and Measures" and "Index" leaf loose, but laid in; writing in ink on one page; scattered stains on pages. An obviously well-used cook book.
Offered for US$ 79.00 by: Basset Books LLC - Book number: 50410
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