The Kookaburra Cookery Book of Culinary and Household Recipes and Hints.
1911réf. 14297Adelaide; Printed at Frearson's Printing House 1911. 1911. First Edition. Octavo pp. 9 of ads 3 prelims 294. Ads to paste-downs. Original publisher's red cloth vignette of a woman cooking with a kookaburra and titled in black to upper board; ads printed in black to lower board titled in black to spine. Spot of soiling to upper board edges lightly shelf-worn upper hinge cracked spine lightly sunned. A few light spots of soiling to margins of a few pages but contents generally clean and rather bright. A very good copy. A rare and charming book of recipes and domestic tips all of which are attributed to the various members of the Ladt Victoria Buxton Girls's Club. The recipes within range from French haute cuisine such mouton a la chasseur and chaudfroid of chicken to West Indian curries and soups to Australian classics such as an early version of fairy toast Sally Lunn damper lamingtons kangaroo tail soup Billy tea and rissoles. A fascinating insight into early Australian cuisine. Rare. Jisc locates no copies of this edition and WorldCat locates one copy only at the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide; Printed at Frearson's Printing House, 1911. hardcover
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