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Recipe booklet promoting the Chicago Tribune by Mary Meade, pen name of Church, Ruth Ellen, cooking editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1936-1974. Includes instructions on baking and decorating fruit cake and cookies with international recipes from Norway, Germany and Austria.
641557
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The author states the basic steps in making a soufflé, including tips on proper mixing, beating, folding, baking, and oven temperature control. She explains the general nature of a soufflé--how and why it rises, listing methods which assure even rising. Included are over two hundred recipes.
641889
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"In this book, Elizabeth Gordon, former editor of House beautiful, gives the reader a broad view of the food lore and cooking principles of our western civilization. She traces the influence of trade, travel, colonization, climate, and religious taboos on the development of various cuisines over the centuries. In addition to 320 recipes, the book includes expert advice on reading foreign menus and ordering classic dishes of many countries."--Jacket.
647890