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(WWI) War-Time Cook and Health Book.

$125.00

32 pp. Illus. with wood-engravings from drawings. Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. Lynn, MA: Lydia Pinkham Medicine, c.1918.

A charming little book of recipes and suggestions, peppered naturally with ads for products from the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. Wartime meals are recommended by the U.S. Food Administration: corn custard, soft honey cake, apple brown betty, baked hominy with fish, and much more. In-depth descriptions of vegetables and how to cook them as well. Near fine.

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