18 books like The American Woman\'s Home
Bibliographie gastronomique
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Mrs Beeton's every day cookery and housekeeping book
I have a copy with this title and no copyright date. If you would like more specific information, communicate with me. There are several advertisers in the book. Penciled inside the front cover is 3/6 - I have taken that to mean this book sold for 3 Shillings/sixpence and indeed, there is a listing in the book: Ward, Lock & Co.'s List of Standard Reference Volumes, Popular useful Books, Approved…
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Miss Beecher's housekeeper and healthkeeper
With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world.
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The New Household Receipt Book
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million is one of the many works written by Sarah Hale, an influential American woman, writer of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and editor of periodicals such as Goedy's Lady's Book.
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The lady's country companion
Jane C. Loudon's The Mummy! (1827) is a remarkable early work of speculative fiction, subtitled A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century. Reanimating the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, Loudon combines Gothic resurrection motifs with futuristic satire, imagining technological marvels such as automated vehicles, climate control, and advanced social systems. Written in the wake of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,…
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Original White House Cookbook
Not only recipes, but housekeeping in general, from the wives of various American presidents.
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The New England economical housekeeper and family receipt book
Mrs. Howland's New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book is a regional cookbook with strong emphasis on thrift and self-reliance in the home, common themes in early American cookbooks that also reflected her New England heritage. Over 220 classic New England recipes, simple and well written compared with many contemporary cookbooks, are included. It's interesting to note that…
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Mrs. Putnam's receipt book and young housekeeper's assistant
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The cook's oracle
The processes of cookery are very few: author has endeavoured to describe each, in so plain and circumstantial a manner, as it will be easily understood, even by the amateur, unacquainted with the practical part of culinary concerns.
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The Bartender's Guide
"Care for a Morning Glory Cocktail, a Blue Blazer, or a Philadelphia Julep? Recipes for hundreds of tasty libations appear in this groundbreaking volume, originally published in 1862 and widely considered by drink historians as the first serious American book on cocktails and punches. Includes a helpful index"--
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Bananas (Food)
Introduces bananas as a food--where they come from, how they are grown and harvested, and how they fit into the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Includes a recipe for banana milkshake.
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Organise Your Family
Family life can be chaotic— whether you have one child or five.Organise Your Family will show you how to introduce routine, plan your meals and get the family finances in order.Learn how to organise your family chaos and have time left over to actually enjoy being a parent.Nicole Avery is the master organiser behind popular blog ‘Planning with Kids’, where she shares tips and tricks to organising…
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The Dance of Anger
The classic bestseller is now available -- instantly -- as an e-book.
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The Virginia house-wife
The Virginia house-wife: method is the soul of management, Mary Randolph. Revised version of http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/2094 . The Virginia house-wife Randolph, Mary, 1762-1828 225 p. ; 18 cm. Printed by Davis and Force Wahington 1824
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Our bodies, ourselves
Discusses the many roles of women and the choices open to them. Includes detailed treatment of feminine hygiene.
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The cook's oracle
The processes of cookery are very few: author has endeavoured to describe each, in so plain and circumstantial a manner, as it will be easily understood, even by the amateur, unacquainted with the practical part of culinary concerns.
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The Feminine Mystique
Landmark, groundbreaking, classic―these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique. Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women’s confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Writing in a time when the average…
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Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners
Years ago nothing but butter or lard were used for shortening and frying; to-day the visible supply of these two products is insufficient to supply the demand, taking into consideration the amount of butter required for table use. Furthermore, as the demand increased it outgrew the supply of butter and lard, with the result that prices were materially advanced; and, incidentally, the quality has…
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