{"product_id":"9781449447915","title":"The Modern Family Receipt Book (PagePerfect NOOK Book)","description":"The details of Mary Holland's life are not available, but we do know that \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Family Receipt Book\u003c\/i\u003e was her second book after \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Economical Cook and Frugal Housewife: An Entirely New System\u003c\/i\u003e, published in London in the early nineteenth century. Both books were very successful in England, and as a result, American publisher R. Desilver of Philadelphia brought out an American edition of \u003ci\u003eModern Family Receipts\u003c\/i\u003e. There is no indication that the contents were modified for life in the New World. Expanding her subject matter in \u003ci\u003eModern Family Receipts\u003c\/i\u003e, Mrs. Holland compiled a comprehensive instruction and recipe book covering every possible activity in contemporary household management. Topics include agriculture; brewing; making varnishes and cement; bleaching, dyeing, scouring; perfumes and cosmetics; gardening; ink; paints, painting, and colour-making; clothes; destroying vermin; building; health; and miscellaneous advice covering everything else imaginable. A treasury of information about cooking, home and farm life of the day. This edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Family Receipt Book \u003c\/i\u003ewas reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128397742320,"sku":"9781449447915","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449447915_p0.jpg?v=1763832944","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449447915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}