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Jul 2022
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The Book of Household Management, by Isa...

SHARON HANDY
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Let's return to a sleepy favorite and relax with Mrs. Beeton's thoughts on a cook's duties, French vocabulary, and asparagus. Also, we learn to make Bread Soup. Yay?

 

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