(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Southern - Kentucky) Mary Harris Frazer. Kentucky Receipt Book
365 pp. 8.75x6", gilt-lettered bevelled red cloth with gilt-stamped clover leaf to front cover. First Edition. N.P.: Mary Harris Frazer, [1903]. "Receipts are found herein which have been collected for generations, including Creole and French receipts known only to the wealthy planter families of the far South, whose trained chefs seldom liked to reveal the secret of the their delicious creations." Recipes include: Terrapin Stew, Stewed Frogs, Oyster Stew (ten pages of Oyster recipes!), Barbecued Rabbit, Kentucky Pudding, Roasting Coffee, Frozen Punch, George Washington Catsup, and many more. Brown 1122. Clipped recipes pinned to rear free endpaper, and a few recipes annotated in pencil. Spine ends & corners rubbed, mild darkening to cloth; hinge cracking in center, else about very good. Scarce. (11)