New England Cook Book: The Latest and Best Methods for Economy and Luxury at Home Annie B. Copps Foreword by

This book features both an entertaining collection of recipes (which quickly become stories in themselves) and a fascinating slice of life from a century ago. Egg yolks are “yelks,” there are not one, but two “mock turtle” recipes that require the scalding and cleaning of a calf’s head (don’t ask about the tongue) and everything is cooked over fire—live, wood-burning fire.