The Laurel Health Cookery is a cookbook by Evora Bucknum Perkins. It provides a collection of vegetarian recipes and suggestions for hygienic cooking for home chefs to enjoy. Excerpt: "When, in spite of all precautions, something burns on, plunge the vessel without ceremony into a pail or pan of cold water for a moment, empty the contents immediately into another kettle, add boiling water and return to the fire to finish cooking. Badly scorched foods often lose all the scorched flavor by this treatment."

The American Gilded Age (1868 to 1900) and its extreme extravagance continue to be a source of wonder and fascination, particularly for foodies. The style and excessiveness of this era has ties to modern popular culture through books, films, and television shows, including The Alienist and the Julian Fellowes TV series The Gilded Age, on HBO. The Gilded Age Cookbook transports the reader back in time to lavish banquet tables set with snow-white linen tablecloths, delicate china, and sparkling crystal glasses. Cuisine featuring rich soups, juicy roasts, and luscious desserts come to life through historic images and artistic photography. Gilded Age details and entertaining stories of celebrities from the era—the Vanderbilts, Astors, Goelets, and Rockefellers—are melded with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens.

I collected and compiled the recipes in this cookbook in an effort to preserve and enjoy the wonderful dishes my Mémère prepared, many of which my mother also prepared and which I now enjoy preparing with my children. Some of the happiest moments I have shared with my children have been in the kitchen, cooking. And every time we create something delicious, I am reminded of the natural and instinctive way my Mémère cooked. Her ingredients were often fresh from her garden or the local farmers’ market, and her choices infused her recipes with flavors and aromas that ranged from delicate to robust. Those smells and tastes evoke vivid memories of her in her kitchen and my children's passion for cooking keeps those memories alive.

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When making the decision to close our shop, we wanted to create something special for our customers that have supported us for the past 6 years. This cookbook is a collection of customer and staff favorites and our best selling bakery items. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we have! The recipes in the book can be made by beginner to seasoned bakers and include breakfast items, desserts, cakes, bars and brownies and cookies! In our shop we tried to keep things simple and small - making these recipes easy and fun to do at home. Don't know where to start? We recommend our chocolate chip cookies (#1 best seller) and the blueberry muffins!The book includes breakfast cookies, breakfast casserole, all the cookies, brownies, nanaimo bars, the bread and more!