Title:
1848 cookbook a fascinating look back
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
cookbooks, medicines, household hints
"The New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book"
"The New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book"
Object ID:
Kim07-007a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
01/08/1998
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
"The New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book" by Mrs. E. A. Howland, published in New London by Bolles & Williams in 1848, offers "receipts" for cooking, medical advice and household hints of the day such as a formula for cheap paint for a barn, ways to make shoe-blacking and how to guage the heat of an oven when stoves had no thermostats.
People:
Vincent, (Mr.)
Howland, E. A.
Steward, Martha
Howland, E. A.
Steward, Martha
Search Terms:
cookbook
household tips
medicines
1848
kitchen range
stoves
Bolles & Williams
household tips
medicines
1848
kitchen range
stoves
Bolles & Williams