Rumford Complete Cook Book
by Lily Haxworth Wallace
Published by The University Press, 1918
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A fascinating culinary time capsule from World War I-era America, this 1918 cookbook was published by the Department of Home Economics of the Rumford Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and printed by the University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lily Haxworth Wallace compiled this comprehensive guide during a transformative period in American cooking, when scientific approaches to nutrition and domestic economy were becoming increasingly important.
The Rumford Company, famous for its baking powder, produced this cookbook as both a practical kitchen resource and a marketing tool. This volume captures the domestic concerns of the late 1910s, including wartime food conservation and the progressive home economics movement. For collectors of culinary history and Americana, this cookbook offers invaluable insights into early 20th-century American foodways and domestic life.
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