A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband

<p>This charming vintage cookbook with its innocently suggestive title reads like a novel as it follows the fictional lives of a pair of newlyweds.</p><p> </p><p>Join Bettina and Bob as they eat their way through their first year of marriage from the bride's first real dinner and a Sunday evening tea to baking day a rainy night meal and Thanksgiving festivities.</p><p> </p><p>Menus for all occasions are seasoned with anecdotes about family life friendships household hints and budgetary concerns.</p><p> </p><p>Originally published in 1917 this volume offers a delightful look at homemaking before the advent of sophisticated appliances and fast food as well as the modern reality of women's work outside the home.</p><p> </p><p>Unintentionally funny and historically revealing the whimsically illustrated narrative abounds in simple and surprisingly relevant recipes.</p>