BUYING AND PREPARING FOODS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

BUYING AND PREPARING FOODS

Entry/Object ID

96.59.1.10

Description

Cookbook: "Buying and Preparing Foods" by Woman's Institute Library of Cookery (Scranton: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc., 1929). Blue hardback cover with name of title printed on front cover and spine in gold. Front cover also has "Woman's Institute Library of Cookery" and an illustration of a four-story building imprinted into it. The text of 140 pages includes a table of contents, index, list of terms used in cookery, and a few black & white photos. Subjects include cookery equipment; selection and use of equipment; purchase of foods; and preparation of foods. Cookbook is part of a series published by the Woman's Institute. Overall physical condition and appearance is good.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cookery, Home economics

Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Books, Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Household appliances

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Books