1914 Austin’s Domestic Science

Mary Beth White received her grandmother’s cooking school textbook, Austin’s Domestic Science. In her blog at Oklahoma Pastry Cloth™ she cooks from the recipes in the book, and illustrates the process with photos. Very readable.

“Some call it “pretending” but I like to call it “supposin’ ” when, every so often, I whisk myself back (in my mind of course) to the late 1800′s and early 1900′s wondering what it would be like to