versicorange
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I've started buying old cookbooks when I can find them cheap, and my favorite thing I've picked up is a translation of Elena Molokhovets' A Gift for Young Housewives. It's a Russian cookbook that was published in the 1800s and early 1900s.
It's hard for me to work with cookbooks that old, but the differences are interesting. One of the more annoying things about working with A Gift for Young Housewives has been that none of the measurements are units I'm familiar with; I have to reference a table at the front of the book.
Does anyone else have this interest? Or any recommendations for good old cookbooks?
It's hard for me to work with cookbooks that old, but the differences are interesting. One of the more annoying things about working with A Gift for Young Housewives has been that none of the measurements are units I'm familiar with; I have to reference a table at the front of the book.
Does anyone else have this interest? Or any recommendations for good old cookbooks?