1929-1935 Cookery for Every Household & The Woman's Book

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Two volumes. Written by Florence B. Jack, an English author and editor who was the principal of the School of the Domestic Arts in Edinburgh. This set contains: Cookery for Every Household, 1929. Later edition. Illustrated throughout. Presented from an active teacher and constant student of cookery both at home and abroad, this work is intended for both the novice and the experienced cook. Providing a collection of simple instructions for a variety of recipes as well as information relating to the essential principals of cooking. With chapters on the kitchen, stocks, fish, vegetables, sauces, meat, pastry, rice and pasta, sweets, preserves, bread, cakes, and more. The Woman's Book, 1935. New revised edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A vast social study encompassing "everything a woman ought to know" from household management, cookery, childcare, first aid, and dress, to business, society, careers, and citizenship. Intended as a reference book for the home, this volume contains a variety of information of special interest to women. Noted for the variety of commentaries on the work so often undertaken solely by women, this volume is aimed at any woman, or man, who requires a guide to specific household chores, manners, and customs. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.