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Modern cookery in all its branches : embracing a series of plain and simple instructions to private families and others, for the careful and judicious preparation of every variety of food as drawn from practical observation and experience

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1860]
Call number: 638024
Creator: Acton, Eliza (1799-1859)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell,; Cranston, Anne M.,; Callahan, Elanne C.,
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