Carving and Serving

How to carve every joint on the table, 1887 — from the woman who wrote the Boston Cook Book, cut by cut.

About the Book

1887Published
Mrs. D. A. LincolnAuthor
32Chapters
32Pages on this site

Mrs. D. A. Lincoln, author of the Boston Cook Book, wrote Carving and Serving (Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1887) for the household carver: every roast, bird and fish on the American table, with the anatomy that makes each one easy.

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