
French Fruit Salad
A portable historic recipe using oranges, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.
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A portable historic recipe using oranges, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Kohlrabi with leaves, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Sweetbreads with celery salad, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A measured 1910 bake built around scalded milk, preserved with its original method and page citation.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Sweetbread croquettes, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including four sweetbreads, removing pipes and membranes soak for an hour in cold salted water.
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Rolled Oats Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Currant buns, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A classic 1910 sweet built around butter, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring yolks 2 “hard-boiled” eggs, with the original instructions and source page intact.
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Broiled sweetbreads, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including wash a pair of sweetbreads, throw them in boiling salted water, and cook for ten min.
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Raised Hominy Muffins as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Rice waffles, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Apple tea, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock ii or iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.
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A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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A measured tomato risotto translated from Pellegrino Artusi’s influential Italian family cookbook.
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Peanut butter for sandwiches, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including shell and skin freshly-roasted peanuts and pound or grind them to a fine powder.
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Rye Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Creamed panned oysters, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for German coffee cake (No. 2), retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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