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Strange newes from China : a first Chinese cookery book

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    R. Mathews commonplace book

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    The first American cookbook : a facsimile of "American cookery," 1796

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    A facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States, featuring authentic recipes for colonial favorites, and offering advice on how to judge the quality of meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, and other foodstuffs.

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    Australia's first Chinese (Cantonese) cookery book. Short essays on Chinese foods abroad, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, bean curd (an invaluable food), See You (soy bean sauce), Chinese rice, preserving, and beverages are interspersed with thirty recipes. There is also a recipe for dim sums; the uniquely Melbourne version of a Cantonese siu mai dumpling. Geechoun was the son of Chinese market-gardeners in the Victorian city of Bendigo, who went on to become an importer, parliamentarian, and owner of the Kowlon restaurant in South Yarra.

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    Chinese cookery : a hundred practical recipes

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    "Those who enjoy Chinese meals will be glad to know how the dishes can be prepared, and those who are not familiar with Chinese cooking will be delighted with the novelties to which they are introduced. Chinese cookery is especially suited to wartime conditions; its nutritive value is high, little meat need be used, and with limited materials great variety can be obtained"--From dust jacket.

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    Left for a week without parents or cook, the Banks children pitch in and learn to prepare their meals with Mary Poppins' help. Includes daily menus and recipes.

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