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Catharine Parr Traill's The female emigrant's guide : cooking with a Canadian classic

Catharine Parr Traill's The female emigrant's guide : cooking with a Canadian classic

Book 2017

"What did you eat for dinner today? Did you make your own cheese? Butcher your own pig? Collect your own eggs? Drink your own home-brewed beer? Shanty bread leavened with hops-yeast, venison and wild rice stew, gingerbread cake with maple sauce, and dandelion coffee - this was an ordinary backwoods meal in Victorian-era Canada. Originally published in 1855, Catharine Parr Traill's classic Female Emigrant's Guide, with its admirable recipes, candi...