Culinaria
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Culinaria
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Das neue Nordwesten Kochbuch
Dedicated to the German-Canadian housewife, this book bridges the gap between immigrant families and English-speaking Canadian society. The “Deutsch–englisches Wörter-Verzeichnis” (German–English Glossary) at the end of the book may have…
Peas in the Diet
Elizabeth Driver notes that this booklet must date from at least 1928, when the Border Canning Company of British Columbia opened a new plant in Edmonton (Culinary 1114). A thousand acres of land were leased and seeded to supply the new plant, which…
The Alberta Home Maker
Produced by the Social Credit Women’s Auxiliaries of Alberta, probably around 1947, this book features some Alberta notables, including “Veal Albertan,” “Alberta Stuffed Breast of Veal,” and “Baked Alberta Ham.” The recipe for…
The Granary of the British Empire: The Western Provinces of Canada: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia
The cover illustration for this brochure depicts a masculine cowboy surveying his domain, lush with crops, new farming equipment, and domestic bliss. Noting that as of 1913, only about 10 million of the 170 million acres of potential wheat land in…
Canadian Boy Scout Diary
This 1935 diary features a cover portrait of Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts in 1907 largely as a response to his experiences in the Boer War. Emphasizing wilderness survival, early scouting guides included tips on tracking,…
Hadassah Cook Book
Medicine Hat had a vibrant Jewish community: although it numbered only about forty families, their impact on city life was substantial. As S.M. Selchen wrote in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle in 1954, “This tiny Jewish island among a non-Jewish…
Country Cook Book: With Special Recipes for Making Cookies and an Improved Method of Making Sugar-Beet Syrup
Much about Mrs. Mary Berkner’s life is elusive. A Saskatchewan farm woman, perhaps with Hungarian roots, Berkner’s goal was to encourage Depression-era women to produce delicious food while saving money and driving down the price of…
Kids Cookbook: Winning Recipes for Kids Cooking Contest, April 4, 1975
Children’s cookbooks tend to emphasize desserts, as is especially clear in the Kids Cookbook produced by the Calgary Public Library. Children submitted their favourite recipes in this juvenile community cookbook: the results include brownies,…
Bread Book
As immigration to the Prairies exploded in the first decade of the twentieth century, railway companies like the CPR, CNR, and Grand Trunk Pacific competed to bring prospective farmers to Western Canada. This brochure, cleverly shaped like a…
Rural School Lunches
This book is a relic from a program to introduce hot lunch items in rural schools. The introduction notes that most children brought a cold lunch to school and ate it haphazardly throughout the day. “The average noon luncheon tends to promote…