The Modern Housewife’s Book Vintage Cookbook 1930s Recipes Hints & Advice
Published by John Leng & Co. Ltd, London and Dundee
Original price 3’6
This incredible volume measuring 29 cm x 21 cm contains a wealth of advice, recipes, guides and step-by-step instructions on a wide variety of subjects.
The book is split into six sections as follows :
Aunt Kate’s cookery book
Contains over 500 recipes and hints for the experienced and inexperienced housewife
Aunt Kate’s baking book
400 recipes and instructions - a complete guide to home baking
Aunt Kate’s jams and jellies book
Recipes for all kinds of jams, jellies, marmalade, pickles, chutneys, bottle fruits etcetera
Aunt Kate’s cake and candy book
Over 350 recipes for simple and elaborate cakes and confectionery
Aunt Kate’s handy hints
1001 household hints with special how to do it photographs
Aunt Kate‘s mothers book
Everything a mother should know in simple words
-Marriage
-Homemaking
-Mother
-Home management etcetera
Includes illustrations and colour photographs in places. Also some advertisements.
A real wealth of knowledge and interesting advice on subjects such as budgeting cleaning a sink trap, where to buy food and how to follow the seasons when purchasing how to arrange your kitchen, first aid, what to knit for you baby and much much more.
The book is well loved, the binding on the spine is no longer there but the covers are strong and still held on. One page has been removed in the curds and cheeses section.
The pages are in remarkable condition, especially given their age, a little yellow round the edges.