Cooking Directions. First Edition. These entirely new and reliable recipes for cooking Cerealine have been prepared for us by one of the the most celebrated French cooks in America.
Columbus, Indiana: Copyrighted by the Indiana Cerealine Mfg. Co., [circa 1884].
Booklet, machine-sewn in wrappers (19 x 12 cm.), [12] pages. Stated FIRST EDITION. A product cookbook containing a collection of recipes for use with Cerealine, a "flaky substance, the product of White Indian Corn". The short recipes are presented in narrative form. A few short testimonials precede the recipes. In subsequent editions further testimonials and lists of awards appear, and the title changes a "Most Celebrated French Cook" to just a "Celebrated Cook". Clean and sound; printed on pale blue paper throughout. Some light staining and a closed tear to the fore edge of one leaf, otherwise near fine. Very scarce. [OCLC locates one copy (AAS); and two copies of the 1886 second edition (NYU, Indiana Historical)].
Price: $150.00