Nellie Lyle Pattinson — Canadian Cook Book

Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1959. Cloth. A scarce revised edition of this cookery book full of Canadian recipes, from Canadian cook Nellie Lyle Pattinson. Revised and enlarged edition, originally published in 1923. Scarce to find a copy this early. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Compiled to satisfy a demand for a book of recipes for the use of teachers and students in technical schools. With a number of distinctive features including definitions of terms and a resume on foods. With recipes arranged into meats, vegetables, sauces, soups, eggs, cheese, salads, sandwiches, and more. As well as chapters on meal planning, table service, and the carving of meat. Written by Nellie Lyle Pattinson, a Canadian cook book writer and director of domestic science at Toronto's Central Technical School. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards with small splits in the cloth to the head of the spine. Front hinge just starting but firm, with the rear hinge tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .