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Booklet - Recipes given by Mrs Wicken at the Cookery Class Warrnambool, April 1888

  • Small recipe booklet from classes given by Mrs. Wicken in 1888

    Recipes from Mrs Wicken's Cookery Class in Warrnambool 1888

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  • Small recipe booklet from classes given by Mrs. Wicken in 1888

Historical information

Harriet Frances Wicken, 1847-1937 was a cookery lecturer and demonstrator in London and published her first book “Kingswood Cookery Book” in 1885. She migrated to Australia in 1886 and gave cookery classes at Warrnambool. Over the ensuing years she worked as a Technical Teacher in Sydney and published a number of books on cookery and domestic economy and housekeeping.

Significance

The author is one of renown in her field and spent a period of time in Warrnambool. The contents of the book show methods of cooking and basic dishes of the time.

Physical description

Small 12 page booklet with pale green cover . Title in different text styles inside square patterned border. “Harrison typ ..Castlemaine” in small fine print at the bottom edge

Inscriptions & markings

J. W. Harrison, Printer and stationer, Castlemaine.

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