The Cantabrigia Club Cook Book, Containing Favorite and Tried Recipes Solicited from Club Members by the Home Economics Committee of 1923-1924

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  • Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Publishing Company, 30 Brattle Street, 1924
By [Cantabrigia Club (Cambridge, Mass.)]
Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Publishing Company, 30 Brattle Street, 1924. Small octavo (20 x 14 cm.), 192 pages. table of contents. Advertisements. Compilation of attributed recipes written in narrative format, including "A Recipe for Cooking Husbands" and a chapter of recipes from Miss Margaret Weimer's cooking class at the Washburn-Crosby Company. A women's club, the Cantabrigia Club is threefold “social, literary and humanitarian. In its work it shall endeavor, not only among its members, but in the community, to promote good-fellowship and the highest form of social life: to encourage mental and moral development, and to aid by its organized effort such worthy causes as may secure its sympathy.” In just barely bumped beige cloth with black titles printed to cover. Very slight foxing to edges, otherwise near fine. Presentation inscription to preliminary blank. Ex libris Schlesinger Library, with bookplate and embossed stamp. [OCLC locates three copies; Brown 1415].

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The Cantabrigia Club Cook Book, Containing Favorite and Tried Recipes Solicited from Club Members by the Home Economics Committee of 1923-1924

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[Cantabrigia Club (Cambridge, Mass.)]

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Cambridge Publishing Company, 30 Brattle Street: Cambridge, Mass

Date

1924


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