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The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Clams à la Newburg

1 pint clams 3 tablespoons butter 1½ teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne 3 tablespoons Sherry or Madeira wine 1½ cup thin cream Yolks 3 eggs Clean clams, remove soft parts, and finely chop hard parts. Melt butter, add chopped clams, seasonings, and wine. Cook eight minutes, add soft part of clams, and cream. Cook two minutes, then add egg yolks slightly beaten, diluted with some of the hot sauce.

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