The Library Ghost

    Here it is!  The 1890s list of cook books!  I'm finally free!      I think... I think I need a little time before I work on another cookery post. Baked goods and sandwiches Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.      Braun, Emil. Perfection in Baking (4th ed.) . New York, NY: Emil Braun, 1899.      Hérissé, Emile. The Art of Pastry Making . London, UK: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1893.      Schurr, Eugene, comp. The Baker's Hand Book . Chicago, IL: Robbins Brothers, 1895.      Wells, Robert. The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant (3rd ed.) . London, UK: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1895.      Willis, Leida A., comp. The Rumford Bread and Pastry Cook . Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, c.1895.      —. The Baker, Including Bread and Fancy Baking . London, UK: Houlston and Sons, c.1890. Cocktails and punches Mixed drinks, ho...

    The 1940s concludes the Second World War and begins the Cold War .  Once again, I've separated out the rationing-specific books.  Canning guides, gimmicky appliances, and revised editions of older books predominate in the other categories. Baked goods and sandwiches Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.     —. Dormeyer Electric-Mix Treasures . Chicago, IL: Dormeyer Corporation, 1949. Dinners All dinners all the time; for big meals, not little suppers.      —. Money-Saving Main Dishes . Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1948. Jellies, pickles, and chutneys Includes marmalade, fruit preserves, Jell-O, relishes.      Cruess, William Vere, and Arthur William Christie. Home Canning (Rev.) . Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1942.     Pederson, Carl S., and H. G. Beattie. Home Preparation and Preservation of Fruit and Vegetable Juices . Geneva, NY: New York State ...

    The Edwardian era in Britain and its colonies overlapped with the Progressive era in the United States.  Life for the middle and upper classes would change drastically after the Great War, and the period is often considered a last gasp of aristocratic decadence.  As you can see, big dinners are going out of style in favor of smaller luncheons and suppers.  I couldn't find nearly as many cookery books for this decade as for the 1910s and later, but I feel there's enough to warrant publishing the post.      Miss Norton's book (under "Miscellaneous") is a fascinating glimpse into respectability politics of the fin de siècle African-American community, as well as a useful book of recipes.  The end of the volume covers etiquette, pedagogy, and Christian morality as topics of interest for parents, teachers, and young people.  I definitely recommend it if you want to get an idea of what middle- and upper-middle-class women of color we...

    After the First World War and the influenza epidemic of 1918, the 1920s were a time of desperate decadence.  Wartime rationing was lifted or lessened, though food shortages would linger in some places until the middle of the decade.   Germany suffered economically due to paying war reparations, and middle-class women across the Western world entered the job market in unprecedented numbers, impacting their expected role as homemakers.  For the United States, 1920 marked the first year of Prohibition, driving the liquor market underground and leading to mob control of alcohol sales.  In October of 1929, the USA's stock market crashed, putting an end to the Roaring Twenties. Baked goods and sandwiches Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.     Bradley, Alice. Good Things to Eat: Made with Cow Brand Baking Soda . Montreal, QC: Church & Dwight, 1924.     Hill, Janet McKenzie. Cakes, Pastry and Dessert Dis...

    All right, the first in the Cookery series !  Once again, I shall be creating posts by decade.  Note that How to Make Bread is a bit scanty on instructions, being largely an advertisement for the firm's new bread machine.  Also, I've separated out the wartime-specific cook books, rather than keeping them in their proper categories, as the ingredients and assumptions can be quite different. Baked goods and sandwiches Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.     Blitzner, John. The Peerless Pastry Book . Seattle, WA: Trustee Printing Company, 1910.      Brothers, Minnie E. Bread Making and Bread Baking . Minneapolis, MN: 1915.      Furstenberg, Katherine. Mrs. Furstenberg's Method of Making Superfine Cakes . Milwaukee, WI: 1916.      Harris, H. G., and S. P. Borella. All About Gateaux and Dessert Cakes . London, UK: Maclaren & Sons, 1910.      Richards, Paul. Bakers'...

     Unlike most of my posts, this one isn't really a research resource, although I suppose it could help writers looking for technical aspects of diabetic life.  However, I oversee diabetes training about once a week for much of the year, and I thought I'd collect some basic information in one place.  I may eventually cross-post a version of this to Tumblr, if I can find a way to make it look less intimidating (suggestions welcome!). General info      —. "Diabetes Tests & Diagnosis." National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases . Posted July, 2022. Accessed April 13, 2024. < https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/tests-diagnosis >      —. "Fake Diabetes Cures." Diabetes.co.uk . Posted October 29, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2024. < https://www.diabetes.co.uk/Fake-diabetes-cures-.html >      —. "Statistics About Diabetes." American Diabetes Association . Posted...