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There is some water damage, as shown in photos, and a name written in front pages, but nothing that takes away from the recipes. Enter search information and click the search button below. Better homes and gardens biggest book of cookies 475 alltime favorites, spiral sc, like new. Watkins cook book hardcover january 1, 1938 by the j. Thick and thorough cookbook compiled by the home institute of the new york herald tribune. An overview of watkins products line watkins home products. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Get the best deals on watkins cookbook when you shop the largest online selection at. Watkins tells it like it was in memoir, the cook up. Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and. All 288 pages are intact with no tears or markings. The recipe caught my eye because farm boy has bees and he got his first real honey harvest this year, about seventy pounds worth of delicious golden sweetness.
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