(Connecticut) Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the First Baptist Church. The Nonpareil Cook Book. San Francisco and elsewhere in East Asia

and elsewhere in East Asia

with engravings of fancy cake designs and fantastic ads for baking products

cream of cabbage soup (850 calories)

an important 19th century American work on peaches

Printed boards

(Connecticut) Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the First Baptist Church. The Nonpareil Cook Book. San Francisco and elsewhere in East Asia62 pp. Tan wrappers printed in black. Second Edition. Derby, CT: D. H. Bacon, 1900. The First Baptist Church was located in Ansonia, Connecticut, immediately north of Derby. Recipes here reflect the New England taste for clam fritters, devilled lobster, green corn gems, rice waffles, pumpkin pie, cranberry jelly, slippery elm bark tea, etc. Some darkening to covers, small piece lacking from lower corner of rear wrapper, else very good. (12)