The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896)

I just have a soft spot in my heart for this old-fashioned book, which my mother had. As a teen, I made sugar cookies nearly every day for my two brothers and sister, using many of the variations. How hard it was to chose which one! I used Blue Bonnet margarine, which Mother bought by the box from Iowa. Margarine sold in Minnesota could not have added color, thanks to the influence of the dairy industry. Each pound came in a white chunk, like lard, with a pellet of coloring that you were supposed to mash into the margarine. We never had the patience. Blue Bonnet came already colored and wrapped in foil, four sticks to the pound, and that was fine by us.

Value: $39-$69

65. 8th ed with this excellent cover. Decorative endpapers. ( )

I don't know how this came here, but for the FMF student, it helps. ( )

Previous owners recipes in protective sleeve. Only early copy in collection w dw. ( )