Antique Cookbook: White House Cook Book 1889 by F.L. Gillette - Recipes - First Ladies

Title: White House Cook Book: A Selection of Choice Recipes, Original and Selected, during a period of Forty Years' Practical Housekeeping

Author: Mrs. F. L. [Fanny Lemira] Gillette

Description: 1889 copyright. Ivory boards stamped in silver. Some general wear and soiling to boards. Front hinge is cracked. Heavy soiling on the first few pages, otherwise pages are toned, but generally clean. 521 pp. 10 x 7.5 inches.

The frontispiece is a portrait of Caroline "Carrie" Scott Harrison, the First Lady and wife of President Benjamin Harrison, who passed away in October 1892. The first chapter is preceded by an illustration of Frances Cleveland, and there is a plate later in the book showing portraits of the First Ladies Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Cleveland.

Fanny Lemira Gillette (1828-1926) was the author of the White House Cook Book, first published in 1887. Her husband, George Gillette, invented the Gillette Clipping Machine (for horse grooming) and her son, King Camp Gillette, founded the Gillette razor company.

Later editions of the White House Cook Book were co-credited to the Hugo Ziemann, who served under President Harrison as the Steward of the White House between February and October 1889.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: L. P. Miller & Co.
Place: Chicago, Philadelphia, Stockton, Cal.
Year: 1889

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: cookbook, recipes, Hugo Ziemann, First Ladies, First Lady,