Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper by Catharine Esther Beecher
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| Author | Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878 |
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| LoC No. | 07035681 |
| Title |
Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper Containing Five Hundred Receipes for Economical and Healthful Cooking; also, Many Directions for Securing Health and Happiness |
| Note | Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Credits |
Produced by Larry B. Harrison, les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Summary | "Miss Beecher's Housekeeper and Healthkeeper" by Catharine Esther Beecher is a comprehensive guide on domestic management written in the late 19th century. The text serves as an extensive encyclopedia focusing on women's responsibilities as housekeepers, wives, and mothers, providing practical advice on economical cooking, health, and homemaking. The book includes over five hundred recipes aimed at promoting health and wellness through proper food preparation. The opening of the work outlines Beecher's intentions to offer valuable guidance to American homemakers, emphasizing the integration of health knowledge into daily household tasks. She expresses her desire to equip women with the knowledge to prepare economical yet healthful meals, share tested recipes, and uphold good domestic practices. Beecher shares her own experiences of recovery from ill health through adherence to the "laws of health," establishing a strong foundation for the importance of domestic labor as essential not just for sustaining a household but also for personal well-being and family education. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Cooking |
| Subject | Home economics |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 55734 |
| Release Date | Oct 12, 2017 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 145 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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