Bread and Alertness in Cooking Lessons
Editor Charles Dwyer discusses bread as the unpredictable element in cooking and recounts Mary’s methodical approach. He notes Nellie’s clumsy, heavy movements contrast with alert technique, illustrating how deliberate effort improves baking outcomes and cooks’ readiness.
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Ae Wee
Mary
Nellie
Yeast Making and Bread Craft From a Home Kitchen
A practical guide on making yeast from a potato and hops, handling fermentation, and using it for milk or water breads. Includes step by step kneading, rising, shaping, and baking times, plus notes on clean hands, proper temperatures, and avoiding sour dough. Also offers tips on conserves and preserves with raisiné style recipes.
Featherbone Boning Techniques for Waist Linings and Seams
A detailed guide on attaching featherbone and whalebone to waist seams for sturdy boning. It covers tools, sewing machine attachments, seam preparation, marking, hook and eye placement, casing methods, and options for springing bones, with notes on fabric cutting and finishing.
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Ikean
Hema
The Woman in Business Life and Gumption
A discussion on women in business stressing neat appearance, self discipline, and independent work ethics. It warns against untidy dress and home spoiled behavior, argues against marriage-focused work motives, and urges workers to focus on duties rather than seeking male support.
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Flint
New Ideas in Cooking and Date Desserts Feature
A collection of historical recipes includes Hotspot a Leyden siege anniversary dish with beef pork and vegetables. Stuffed Onions wrapped in papers baked with sausage filling. Date Meringue with cream layers and fruit. and Date Sandwiches with walnut and ginger spread.
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Leyden
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