Receipt book.

Description

Main Author

March, Janet, 1903-1995

Language(s)

English

Published

Toronto : Janet March, [between 1928 and 1950?]

Subjects

Cooking, Canadian.
Cuisine canadienne.
Cooking, Canadian.

Note

Manuscript contents note: Soup -- Fish -- Meats -- Made dishes -- Salads -- Vegetables -- Sauces -- Bread, Breakfast & Tea cakes -- Plain & fancy cakes -- Pastry -- Puddings -- Dishes for Dessert -- Preserves, Marmalades etc. -- Pickles -- Wines & Beverages -- Useful & Medicinal.
Four manuscript recipes laid in.
Half bound red leather completely worn, dark green cloth overboards, rubbed corners; covers detached, spineback strip missing, disbound, loose pages with some in poor condition, page numbering stamped in ink on top right corner, no order to paging.
Janet March was the pseudonym of Agnes Honoria Wrong Armstrong. Polly, as she was known to her family, was the mother of The Montreal Gazette journalist and author Julian Armstrong. The collection of recipes were written by Janet March in Toronto. They include her recipes as well as recipes from friends and family.
Title on cover "Cash Book."
Title from contents page.
Written in contemporary hand in ink.
Manuscript.

Physical Description

188 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm

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