PRACTICAL COOKING AND SERVING

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

PRACTICAL COOKING AND SERVING

Entry/Object ID

96.64.1.7

Description

Book: "Practical Cooking and Serving" by Janet McKenzie Hill (Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916), 679 pp. A hardcover book, without dust jacket, in a light tan cover. The front cover has an image of a pot in the center with the book title above and the author's name at the bottom. The spine has a steaming pot with the title above it and the author's name below and the publisher's name at the bottom. The back cover is blank. Contents include basics of cooking, recipes organized by food type, and general information on nutrition, garnishing and serving, hospitality and entertaining, and special event menus. There are numerous photographs. The book is in poor condition with extensive water damage, cover wear, discolored pages, soiling and stains on the cover and pages, and tears on the cover. On the back page in pencil, "orr apart."

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cookery, Home economics

Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Books, Doubleday, Page & Company

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Books