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Early American Herb Recipes

✍️ Brown, Alice Cooke
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🏛 Dover Publications 📅 2001 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780486418759

📝 Description: Early American Herb Recipes

Charming text gives more than 500 authentic recipes for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes -- everything from cancer and palsy treatments to gravies, sauces, and pies. 113 black-and-white illustrations.

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While charming in its scope, this book is not for the modern cook seeking quick, standardized measurements or dietary-specific advice. It is best appreciated as a historical artifact rather than a practical daily guide. Those expecting detailed technique explanations may find the text thin, relying instead on the sheer volume of varied recipes to carry its weight. However, for the enthusiast of vintage aesthetics and traditional herbal lore, it remains a delightful, if somewhat undifferentiated, resource.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

While charming in its scope, this book is not for the modern cook seeking quick, standardized measurements or dietary-specific advice. It is best appreciated as a historical artifact rather than a practical daily guide. Those expecting detailed technique explanations may find the text thin, relying instead on the sheer volume of varied recipes to carry its weight. However, for the enthusiast of vintage aesthetics and traditional herbal lore, it remains a delightful, if somewhat undifferentiated, resource.

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