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Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion

Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion

Written by: Imogen Clark
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In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. Many of the poems in this 1912 publication were originally published in Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping Magazine, the Housewife, Table Talk, and the Boston Cooking School Magazine. [Summary by Betsie Bush]Copyright Comedy Genre Art Biological Sciences Science
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