The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

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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Oysters à la Astor

1/2 teaspoon beef extract 1 pint oysters 2 tablespoons butter Salt and paprika 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot 1 tablespoon finely cut red pepper 2 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoons lemon juice 1½ teaspoons vinegar 1 teaspoon Worcestershire

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