The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book - Brossura

Zimmer, Anne Carter

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ISBN 10: 0807854158 ISBN 13: 9780807854150

Casa editrice: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Based on Mrs. Lee's personal notebook and presented by her great-granddaughter, this charming book is a treasury of recipes, remedies, and household history. Both the original and modern versions of 70 recipes are included.

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Product Description:

Part cookbook, part culinary history, part family history, this volume offers an intimate glimpse into life in the household of a mid-19th-century Virginia family, that of the author's great-grandparents, Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. The collection of recipes, photographs, shopping lists and other domestic jottings act as a window on an earlier way of life. Filled with family stories and photographs, it features 70 recipes for breads, cakes, puddings, sweets, soups, main dishes, vegetables, drinks, and home remedies. Each historic recipes is accompanied by notes on ingredients and techinques and by tips for adapting the recipe in the modern kitchen.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of North Carolina Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0807854158
• ISBN 13: 9780807854150
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304