Eleanour Sinclair Rohde — Haybox Cookery

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1943. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce second impression of this cookery book championing the cost-effective and traditional method of slow cooking in a "haybox", written by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. Second impression. Very scarce work. A study of haybox or retained-heat cooking, utilizing the heat of the food being cooked to complete the cooking process through insulation. Thousands of busy housewives started haybox cooking during the Great War and have never given it up due to its fuel and labour saving processes. Rohde's aim with this work was to present a guide for housewives, containing recipes for this cost-effecting and labour saving technique. With a guide to making a haybox, tips for use, and a collection of handy recipes. Written by Eleanour Sophie Sinclair Rohde, a British gardener, garden designer, and horticultural writer who authored thirty books on gardening between 1913 and 1948. She is best known for her book, The Scented Garden, published in 1931. Rohde wrote for various periodicals, including The Field, My Garden, The Cornhill Magazine and The Queen, promoting different uses for plants. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .