Month: February 2013

Ida Bailey Allen’s Modern Cookbook

Ida Bailey Allen’s Modern Cookbook

Ida Bailey Allen wrote a book Modern Cook Book (or Mrs. Allen on Cooking, Menus Service) from the early 1920s. Those not familiar with Mrs. Allen, she was to America then what Martha Stewart is to America now. She was the first homemaking giant. She 

Dropped Cookies: Buster Browns, Cocoa Drops, and Orange Rock Cakes

Dropped Cookies: Buster Browns, Cocoa Drops, and Orange Rock Cakes

These recipes are from Ida Bailey Allen’s Modern Cook Book (or Mrs. Allen on Cooking, Menus Service) from the early 1920s. Those not familiar with Mrs. Allen, she was to America then what Martha Stewart is to America now. She was the first homemaking giant.