Author: Anonymous
Title: Our Chef's Best Receipts. A Practical Cook Book for People Who Like Good Things to Eat
Description: Chicago and New York, Rand McNally & Company, 1899. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [4], 5-122 + several blank leaves interspersed throughout for manuscript notes/recipes; oilcloth over boards, with an additional flap to back board, which encloses the text block; covers with various advertisements for Minnesota businesses; illustrated with numerous ads with engravings and photographs; age-toning and a few spots to cloth; wear to tips of spine and corners; cloth cracking along spine and back flap; in about very good- condition. Possibly custom-bound and distributed as a complimentary gift by the Northern Steamship Company, the book contained a veritable array of recipes for meats, soups, desserts, sandwiches and teas, etc. many of which were, according to the editors, "not to be found in any other book of receipts. Very good .

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