Six Little Cooks; or, Aunt Jane's Cooking Class

A children's story from 1877 that smuggles in a whole cooking course — six little cooks, Aunt Jane's kitchen, and 160 numbered recipes woven through the tale.

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Introduction

2 pages

Second Day

4 pages

Third Day

5 pages

Fourth Day

5 pages

Fifth Day

2 pages

Sixth Day

3 pages

Seventh Day

9 pages

Eighth Day

8 pages

Ninth Day

5 pages

Tenth Day

3 pages

Eleventh Day

3 pages

Twelfth Day

3 pages

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Highlights

Fourteenth Day

"Don't you think it's about time for us to cook another breakfast, Aunt Jane?" asked Grace. "We want to have some different…

Thirteenth Day

"I think of inviting some friends to lunch to-morrow, Jane," said Mrs. Vernon to her sister soon after the birthday party. "May…

Second Day

What do you think was the first question Mrs. King heard the next morning, almost before she had opened her eyes?

Seventh Day

Not long after the last lesson in cookery, Mrs. Vernon was taken ill, and was for some time afterward very feeble, requiring to…

Fourth Day

"Girls, let us give them all a surprise to-morrow," whispered Aunt Jane mysteriously one evening. "Suppose we ask Rhoda to let us…

Twelfth Day

"Mamma, did you know that Friday was Jessie's birthday?" asked Grace, pursuing her mother into her bedroom and shutting the door…

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