Author: LAKE OF THE WOODS MILLING COMPANY LIMITED
Title: Five Roses Cook Book [Cookbook] - Being a Manual of Good Recipes Carefully Chosen from the Contributions of over Two Thousand Successful Users of Five Roses Flour Throughout Canada
Description: Montreal: Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, 1913. First Edition. Paperback. A rare and remarkably well-preserved example of this, the true first edition of "the most successful of all [Canadian] flour-company cookbooks." - Elizabeth Driver, p.137 of "Culinary Landmarks". Numerous subsequent editions have followed until the present day. "Includes useful notes on the various classes of good things to eat, all of which have been carefully checked and re-checked by competent authority." - title page. [4]-144 pages. Six pages of colour photos. All three coupons present, each rubber stamped "Winnipeg. Man" on front and handwritten "Dec 23/14" on back, otherwise this copy is unmarked with moderate wear and binding intact. Original string hanger present. Short opening atop backstrip. Insect damage to upper corner of coupon page. A foundational component of any serious Canadian cookbook collection.; Sm 4to. Good .

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