CONTENTS

Foreword by Odessa Piper

Introduction

REPASTS

1 Earliest Days

2 Pioneer Life

3 Immigrants

4 Laboring Fare

5 On the Road

6 Cookbooks and Kitchen Medicine

7 The Business of Food

8 Fresh Age

RECIPES

Breads and Breakfast Dishes

Soups

Eggs and Cheese

Fish

Poultry

Meat

Frugal Main Dishes

Vegetables

Cereals, Grains, Dumplings, and Pasta

Sauces and Spreads

Salads and Salad Dressings

Pies and Pastries

Cakes, Fillings, and Frostings

Cookies and Bars

Desserts and Dessert Sauces

Candy and Confections

Preserves, Pickles, and Embellishments

Beverages

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

General Index

Index to Recipes

About the Authors

 

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Farmers’ market, Milwaukee, circa 1948.
WHi Image ID 58388