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Coffee Jelly from Cooking for Two A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, 1929, Janet M. Hill

Coffee Jelly from Cooking for Two A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, 1929, Janet M. Hill:

Coffee Jelly from Cooking for Two A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, 1929, Janet M. Hill

Here’s the cookbook: Cooking for Two: A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, 1929, Janet M. Hill

Cooking for Two: A Handbook for Young Housekeepers, 1929, Janet M. Hill: Cookbook from noted cookbook author Janet McKenzie Hill, who also wrote Salads, Sandwiches, and Chafing-Dish Dainties, and The Up-to-Date Waitress. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, in 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Nearly mint condition. Beautifully embossed cover. There’s a bit of shelf wear at the bottom of the spine cover. 407 pages, all clear and clean. Hinges are perfect. Binding is tight.

Cooking for Two is essentially a comprehensive cookbook with additional nutrition lessons, as way appropriate for a young married woman. There are four chapters on “The Cooking of True Proteins,” for example, and chapters such as “Introducing the Great Fuel Foods: Fats (Cream, butter, Olive Oil, and Salads.)”