Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping; Tried and True, Compiled from Original Recipes

Minneapolis, MN: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1879. 464 pages. Dedicated to “the plucky housewives of 1876, who master their work instead of allowing it to master them”, this recipe book is chock-full of canning, bread-making, game preparing, meat curing, and beauty enhancing recipes from the housewives of the 1800’s. Published by Buckeye Cookery and stereotyped by the Franklin Type Foundry of Cincinnati, this was an indispensable guide for women first made popular in Ohio before spreading across the U.S. Pages toned, covers rubbed, hinges cracked. [BROWN 3678]. Brown Boards. Good. Item #3012

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