The White House Cook Book
The White House cook book : cooking, toilet and household recipes, menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette, care of the sick, health suggestions, facts worth knowing, etc., etc. : the whole comprising a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home
First published in 1887, this book proved enormously popular and stayed in print for decades (each new edition featuring a frontispiece portrait of the current First Lady). Co-author Hugo Ziemann served as steward in the White House, providing the book its title, but Mrs. Gillette provided the bulk of the text, adapted to the practical needs of average American homes. As the lengthy sub-title tells us, it’s more than just a cookbook –it is an encyclopaedic compendium of recipes for foods, salves and medicaments, lotions and personal products, cleaning and polishing compounds, etc. from the days when every household usually had to make its own such materials. In addition, it provides information and advice on giving dinners, table etiquette, basic health care, and many other aspects of household management.
This book features late 19th-century publishers' binding with a stamped cover and spine. The pages are very brittle and the cookbook shows signs of extreme wear. The cover is soiled and many of the pages are stained. Conservators will consolidate the spine and re-attach the cover. A custom double tray box will be created to house the book.
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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future
