Foods, Nutrition And Home Management Manual

Victoria, 1946


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Textile covered cardstock, side stitched with staples, 177 pages, 5.75x8.5 in, [14x22 cm].

Condition

Showing clear evidence of extensive use, with numerous ink annotations and scattered kitchen splatters throughout; ownership markings and additional notes on all pastedowns and endpapers; text-block edges stained; spine edge chipped with gatherings exposed. Boards delaminating, worn, and stained.

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A provincial home-economics textbook issued by the Department of Education, Government of British Columbia, intended for classroom use in Grades VII–IX. The volume covers a broad range of domestic instruction, with chapters on home management, nutrition, meal planning, and general food preparation, followed by more specialized sections addressing flour mixtures, desserts and confectionery, meats, fish and poultry, food preservation, sandwiches and lunch-box planning, invalid cookery, and infant feeding. A mid-century instructional manual designed for junior secondary students.