Recipe for a Perfect Wife

by Karma Brown

  Busy Day Cake, Purity Cookbook (1945 edition)

  Bread and Cheese Pudding, adapted from Purity Cookbook (1945 edition)

  Baked Alaska, Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book, revised and enlarged (1956)

  Mint Sauce, adapted from Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book, revised and enlarged (1956)

  Tuna Casserole, author’s own

  Boiled Chocolate Cookie, author’s own

  Herbed Cheese Popovers, inspired by Five Roses Cook Book (1913)

  Rose Caramels, adapted from Five Roses Cook Book (1913)

  Lemon Lavendar Muffins, inspired by Five Roses Cook Book (1913)

  COOKBOOK SOURCES

  Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book, revised and enlarged [City]: McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 1956.

  Lake of the Wood Milling Company. Five Roses Cook Book. Montreal: [Company], 1913.

  Purity Flour Mills. Purity Cookbook, 3rd ed. Illustrated by A. J. Casson R.C.A. [City]: [Pub. Co.], 1945.

  About the Author

  Karma Brown is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of the novels Come Away with Me, The Choices We Make, In This Moment, and The Life Lucy Knew. In addition to her novels, Brown’s writing has appeared in publications such as Self, Redbook, Canadian Living, Today’s Parent, and Chatelaine.

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