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Lesson 1: Recipe 4 – Croutons, a Victorian solution for stale bread.
November 20, 2020

Lesson 1: Recipe 4 – Croutons, a Victorian solution for stale bread.

This is one of those “you really needed a recipe for this” recipes which show up in cookbooks occasionally. When I see something like this it’s a reminder that the things we assume are common knowledge aren’t always so common. In 1884, croutons were still…

Bread, Lesson One
Lesson 1: Recipe 3 – Tomato Soup without Stock, an Easy Classic Soup.
November 20, 2020

Lesson 1: Recipe 3 – Tomato Soup without Stock, an Easy Classic Soup.

There is a reason that soup is so early in the lessons that Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln taught at the Boston Cooking School. It’s easy, cheap & filling. If all you’ve ever had is canned Campbell’s soup, this simple tomato version is the perfect introduction…

Lesson One, Soup, Vegetables

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Chole White is a historical researcher & living historian with over a decade of experience exploring the social culture of foodways from the long 18th century through WW2.

Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (Mrs. DA Lincoln) was a pioneer in domestic sciences at the end of the 19th century, teacher & principal at the Boston Cooking School from 1879-1885. Her book, "Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cooking School Cookbook: What to Do & Not to Do in Cooking" was first published in 1884 & paved the way for cookbooks for the next century.

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