Description

Price Baking Powder Co, Chicago [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1894]. Booklet, [61[ pp. staple bound with red string tied through a punched hole at the top left corner. In acceptable to poor condition with a 3" tear to the middle of the back cover and several other 1" or less chips and tears and creasing along edges. Moderate overall aging, spotting and soiling. Top cover is almost completely separated. All pages present. Interior pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Not Ex-library. A solid reading copy. Includes Index, Ads. Full title : Table and Kitchen : A Compilation of Approved Cooking Receipts Carefully Selected for the Use of Families and Arranged for Ready Reference, Supplemented by Brief Hints for the Table and Kitchen. Back cover states "Souvenir to the Patrons of Price's Cream Baking Powder - 40 Years the Standard" and has a silver wreath with 1893 above it stating "highest award, both Medal and Diploma from Worlds Columbian Exposition. Inside front cover also states that it earned a special gold medal at the California Midwinter Fair '94. The book was published to promote the use of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. Includes short recipes and tips for using baking powder in Breads, Biscuits and Rolls; Muffins and Gems; Griddle-cakes, Waffles; Eggs; Soups; fish; Meats and poultry; Vegetables, Salads and fish and meat sauces; Pickles and catsups; Preserves, Jellies, etc.; Sauces; Frozen and other desserts; Puddings; Pudding Sauces; Pies and tars; and Cake. Includes several pages attacking alum-based baking powders, claiming they are unfit for consumption.and features a list of over 100 alum-based brands, warning consumers against their use.