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The recipes contained within this 1902 volume were compiled by the members of the St. Mary's Guild, Mill Valley, California.
The essays in Theodore Child's 1890 work ""Delicate Feasting"" is an early example of ""gastronomic criticism."" Coming at a time when the art of dining was receiving new attention in America, Child's work, ""a sort of higher hand-book of the kitchen and dining room,"" suggests ways in which gastronomy can be elevated in America.
William Brannt's 1914 work provides detailed information on the methods by which vinegar is made, while providing accessible recipes for vinegar and other methods of food preservation.
Emmet Rixford's 1883 work is designed to provide practical, accessible advice on wine-making for the average person.
This 1881 work is a comprehensive reference for cookery and household management.
This 1910 work provides insight into how to use food to live a longer, healthier life.
Philip Muskett published this 1893 cookbook to put forth recipes that are in accordancce with the products naturally available in Australia in order to elevate Australian cuisine and keep people from living in opposition to their environment.
Designed for the pastry-chef feeding fifty people or more, Jessup Whitehead's 1894 work is a comprehensive source of recipes that would be most needed in a professional setting.
In this 1913 volume, Sarah Rorer, the most famous cooking teacher of her time, presents recipes using Snowdrift Shortening.
Published in 1876, The Emigrant Sportsman, takes aim at the class of emigrants who might have a small fortune at home, but who could live a life of leisure and adventure in Canada. The author, himself an emigrant and sportsmen, supplies fellow sportsmen with sketches of Canadian life, sporting adventures, observations of the forests and fauna, and a few of his experiences as a settler as a way to convince others to come to Canada.
The Greatest Showman in the History of the Universe reveals his secrets for accumulating vast sums of wealth so that anyone can follow his program and become rich. This new hardcover edition replaces our paperback edition.
Covering more than 8,000 squares miles and spanning the roughly triangular area between Quebec; Dorset, Vermont; and Glens Falls, New York, the Champlain Valley has a rich heritage celebrated in hundreds of historical markers, monuments, mosaics, murals, and photographs. Although human inhabitation of the region began 10,000 years ago, these monuments to the past are considerably newer, with the earliest among them recognizing the European colonizers and settlers who followed Samuel de Champlain to the shores of Lake Champlain beginning in the 17th century. By the 18th century, the entire region was populated by villages, towns, and cities, all placed against the backdrop of the surrounding Adirondacks and Green Mountains and finding life in the network of rivers and fertile valleys of the Lake Champlain Basin. This collection brings together images from throughout the Champlain Valley, offering a vision of life and the ways markers celebrate local memories and ancestors.
Fairhope, Alabama, was founded on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay in 1894 as a social experiment. The pioneers applied the single-tax principle and economic philosophy found in Henry George's 1879 book Progress and Poverty. The city of Fairhope was established in 1908 inside and around the colony, known today as the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. This book celebrates the timeless Fairhope bay views and historic buildings and homes.
Pulaski County, one of Arkansas's original five counties, has been a political and cultural center for the state since 1819, being the home of the state's capitol and the seat of the state's economic power. Located in the Arkansas River valley, Pulaski County is marked by bustling communities and has been home to colorful Arkansas characters, such as Chester Ashley and William Woodruff, and civil rights pioneers, such as Scipio Jones and Daisy Bates. These luminaries left traces and trails in the architecture throughout the county that attest to their cultural and economic world. This book serves as a document to the buildings they left behind and how the county has changed in the last 200 years. /Author Brian David Irby dives into the Arkansas State Archives' photograph collection to tell the story of Pulaski County's development.
"This book features the life and times of seven prominent Mexican American boxers who trained, fought, and resided throughout the Golden State"--Page facing title page.
This book gives a look at the history of the deadrise boat and how it became popular.
Kelsi Fairgate, a fourth grader and only child living on a Texas ranch, is happy when her parents bring in an orphan lamb from a pasture, and soon she and her friend Ampara share adventures with the lamb.
Leo the lizard spends his days relaxing in the desert sand, gazing at the sky, and basking in the sun. The other desert animals think Leo is lazy, but the roadrunner isn't so sure . . . could it be that Leo has learned something the others have not? Perhaps there is more to this lazy-looking lizard than truly meets the eye? With its playfully melodic rhymes and stunning desert illustrations, Leo the Lazy Lizard invites readers of all ages to discover the beauty of quiet moments--to smell every scent, feel every breeze, and love how they feel 'cause they feel so at ease!
"Portland, Maine, ""the beautiful town seated by the sea"" celebrated by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is the home of photographer William Hubbell. ¬+His sharp eye and friendly lens have captured this vibrant city's many contrasts, the happy products of 370 years of history. In Hubbell's Portland we find the quaint and the ultramodern, the gritty working port and the thriving arts community. Here a city works hard for a living; here its people enjoy leisure and good times. Tourists prowl scenic Old Port within sight of oil tankers and island commuters. ¬+Fishing boats bob in the shadow of high rises housing twenty-first-century enterprises. William Hubbell's affection for Portland, from its center to its neighborhoods and even its farmlands, is clear on every page of this tribute to Maine's largest city."
Seventy vintage postcards of ,Äúthe other Cape,Äù show off the salty beauty of Gloucester and the quiet splendor of Rockport a century ago.
"With images from the beaches to the Canadian border, this is one of the most beautiful collections of Maine landscapes and portraits ever published."
"An exceptional landscape photographer celebrates the west coast of Buzzards Bay, from Onset to Westport, with New Bedford at the center."
From the "New England Landmarks" series, this is a stunning collection of color photos of the Rhode Island capital by photographer Richard Benjamin. Text by Katherine Imbrie traces the history of Providence from founder Roger Williams to the contemporary "renaissance."
"Esteemed photographer Andrew Borsari's tribute to beautiful Rockport, Massachusetts."
"Salem Cortnerstones is an all-in-one history, photo album, and guidebook to one of America's great centers of history and culture. This indispensable guide to historic Salem includes chapters on: maritime trade, the witchcraft trials, exceptional architecture, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Five leading historians explain it all, including the story of Salem since Hawthorne's death, with over seventy illustrations and six maps."
From cranberries to the catch-of-the-day, this collection of delicious recipes and clever cooking tips is much more than a cookbook. Each page is brimming with coastal secrets only a native would know.
FINDING THEIR MISSING GRANDMA WILL BE NO SMALL FEAT! Rubi and her much more daring--and skateboard-obsessed--brother, Quinn, are visiting their grandmother on beautiful Vashon Island for the weekend. It's the first time they've taken the ferry from Seattle by themselves. But weirdly, when they arrive, Nana is nowhere to be found! Then their Uncle James lets them in on a little secret: Bigfoot may have been spotted! And their Nana isn't any old grandma--she's the most famous Bigfoot hunter around! Trouble is, Nana should've returned by now. And nobody in all of Puget Sound has seen her! At least . . . nobody human. Rubi and Quinn will have to follow the footprints (and scat!), crack the clues, and rely on each other to find their Nana and bring her home . . . that is, unless Bigfoot finds them first!!
IT'S A CRUEL SUMMER Arrrr! All Sam wants this summer is to watch baseball, play video games, and read his favorite supernatural series. Too bad his cousin, Alex, is visiting from San Francisco, and now Sam's stuck playing tour guide to a kid he hardly knows . . . a kid who'd choose sailing camp over stealing bases any day. Then Sam and Alex find themselves swept up in an epic pirate adventure through the historic streets of Boston. With the help of a three-hundred-year-old ghost-pirate, they'll have to piece together the clues of a long-lost treasure map--and master a tricky sailor's knot--or risk becoming ghosts themselves! The cousins may not have much in common, but along the way they'll learn that some bonds, like some knots, are truly unbreakable.
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