Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping - 1970 Edition - Reprint of the Original 1877 Cookbook cream There is some gold paint

There is some gold paint around the edge on the underside of the plate

{from the Introduction}

and lots of interesting charts and diagrams and situational information

and shapes

Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping - 1970 Edition - Reprint of the Original 1877 Cookbook cream There is some gold paintBefore the turn of the century the typical American home whether a frontier cabin or a more pretentious dwelling in a settled area had three basic pieces of reading material: the Bible, an almanac, and a cookbook (from the Introduction) {HISTORY} And so begins the story of Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping. Originally published in 1877, this book was part friend, part teacher, part sage for thousands of women looking for guidance on all