You are bidding on a CD disk containing the rare 1901 ebook version of 'The White House Cookbook'  by Mrs. F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann, in PDF file format. This American classic contains over 600 pages chock full of vintage recipes and household hints delivered with grace and a healthy dose of humor!


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The White House Cookbook has been one of America's most enduring cookbooks. It was in print, under varying names and guises for fifty years and has been reprinted, in whole or part, throughout the 20th century. Most early editions were printed on poor quality paper and so have not survived in easily usable form. Buying this CD is like having an almost perfect copy that will NEVER fade out over time.

This is the 1901 edition. It contains a frontispiece photograph of the wife of then President of the United States (Ida Saxton McKinley), a practice which continued for much of the life of the book.

It would be difficult to compile an exhaustive history of the printing of the White House Cookbook without having access to the many, many variations in its publication. The important point to be made is that it was (and still is) a very popular American cookbook and has been so for more than a century. The winning bidder will NOT be disappointed with this CD!

The White House Cookbook is quite comprehensive with numerous household hints and tips in addition to hundreds of recipes. It is subtitled A Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Containing Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc. And it has all of that - but also more. There are sections on carving, dyeing or coloring, French words in cooking, House-keepers' Time-Table, Management of State Dinners at the White House, and Food for the Sick. Here is a complete list of contents:

CONTENTS

ARTICLES REQUIRED FOR THE KITCHEN

BISCUITS, ROLLS, MUFFINS, ETC.

BREAD

BUTTER AND CHEESE

CAKES

CANNED FRUITS

CARVING

CATSUPS

COFFEE, TEA AND BEVERAGES

COLORING FOR FRUIT, ETC.

CONFECTIONERY

CUSTARDS, CREAMS AND DESSERTS

DINNER GIVING

DUMPLINGS AND PUDDINGS

DYEING OR COLORING

EGGS AND OMELETS

FACTS WORTH KNOWING

FILLINGS FOR LAYER CAKES

FISH

FOR THE SICK

FRENCH WORDS IN COOKING

FROSTING OR ICING

HEALTH SUGGESTIONS

HOUSEKEEPERS' TIME-TABLE

ICE-CREAM AND ICES

MACARONI

MANAGEMENT OF STATE DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE

MEASURES AND WEIGHTS IN ORDINARY USE

MEATS

MENUS

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES

MODES OF FRYING

MUTTON AND LAMB

PASTRY, PIES AND TARTS

PICKLES

PORK

POULTRY AND GAME

PRESERVES, JELLIES, ETC.

SALADS

SANDWICHES

SAUCES AND DRESSING

SAUCES FOR, PUDDING

SHELL FISH

SMALL POINTS ON TABLE ETIQUETTE

SOUPS

SOUPS WITHOUT MEATS

SPECIAL MENUS

TOAST

TOILET RECIPES AND ITEMS

VARIETIES OF SEASONABLE FOOD

VEGETABLES






About the Author:

Fanny Lemira Gillette was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1828, the daughter of Samuel and Fanny (Dake) Camp. She graduated from Albion Seminary in Michigan (now Albion College) and married G.W. Gillette from Sheboygan Wisconsin, on March 15, 1848. Her popularity as a cook book author started late in life; in 1887, at nearly sixty years old, she published White House Cook Book: A Selection of Choice Recipes Original and Selected, During a Period of Forty Years' Practical Housekeeping. Its name was more marketing ploy than description, as the cookbook contained no information about White House cookery other than a few photographs of White House First Ladies. Later editions, however, were co-authored by White House steward Hugo Ziemann, and included chapters on menus for special White House occasions (including General Grants' Birthday Dinner and a buffet for 1000 people) and on the management and direction of White House dinners. Ziemann had served as caterer to the exiled son of Napoleon III, steward at the Hotel Splendide in Paris, and chef at the Hotel Richelieu in Chicago, and his contributions to the White House Cook Book made good on the title's promise of a glimpse into the White House kitchen. The book's popularity grew strong, and at the turn of the century it became a favorite gift to new wives setting up house. The most recent edition, a revised and updated 1996 version, includes dietetic alternatives to the original recipes, and opens with the sober warning, "The original recipes and remedies contain ingredients which may not necessarily be healthful for some of today's lifestyles."

As new editions of White House Cook Book were appearing, Gillette also published The Household Gem Cyclopædia. A Reference Library for the Home (1891); The Presidential Cook Book (1895); and Mrs. Gillette's Cook Book: Fifty Years of Practical Homemaking (1897). Gillette also wrote many small books of recipes. She lived for a period of time in Brookline, Massachusetts, and passed away in Beverly Hills, California at the impressive age of ninety-eight.

Having this book on disk is a dream come true. A wonderful feature of this CD is the ability to "copy and paste" any of the text from its over 600 pages into any other computer application/program. Try doing that with a printed book! Everything on this disk is fully searchable. And with so many pages and chapters to study, having built-in Bookmarks is definitely a time saver!

Do you like audio books? Another time-saving feature not talked about very often is the "Read Aloud" function of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This feature will allow your computer to read the text of the book to you, whether it be one page or the entire book! (Don't be fooled by others on eBay who try to pass off their eBooks as the only ones with this feature, as it will work with nearly any PDF in Adobe Acrobat)

Don't pass up this opportunity to obtain a copy of this uniquely American Cook Book! Original hard copy editions of The White House Cookbook have sold on eBay for many times the cost of this disk. With this CD you can read the same pages on your computer, or print out any pages you like at your convenience. The book is in PDF format and is bookmarked for easy navigation.


Not sure what an "eBook" is?

The term 'eBook' simply means "electronic book", meant for viewing on your computer or other device. Ebooks usually come in Adobe PDF format, as the one being offered in this auction. All that is required to read the Ebook is a software program called Adobe Acrobat Reader, which will open PDF files. Most computers already have the Adobe Acrobat reader software already installed, but in the rare instance your computer may not have it, you can download the latest version for FREE at www.adobe.com. For viewing on a mobile device such as Kindle, iPhone, Droid, etc. you must have an 'app' installed which allows reading of PDF files.


With an Ebook, you can read books on your computer screen and zoom in on the text to make the words as big as you would like them to be to read comfortably! You can also go to any page or chapter in the book with just a few mouse clicks, even if the book has thousands of pages! You can also print out any or all pages you like at your convenience. With some Ebooks, you even have the capability to copy and paste the text of the book into another computer file, instead of retyping by hand. These are just a few of the features and conveniences of having a book in electronic format. I will send this item by postal mail. Sending this item by email or by any other digital delivery method is not allowed and violates eBay policy.


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