CANDIES and BONBONS and HOT TO MAKE THEM Formerly Cookery Editor, "The Ladies Home Journal"

Edinburgh: W. & R. CHAMBERS, 1913. Hardcover. cream cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 254 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. With Neil's straightforward and instructional writing, this book brought candy-making into the kitchens of home cooks. Neils' approach included concise recipes and easy to follow recipes, reflecting her background as a culinary educator and editor. Recipes include caramels, taffy and pulled candies, nougat and marshmallows, fondant-based bonbons, and sugar spinning. Illustrated throughou30t with black and white photos. Interior and boards clean and crisp, Dust wrapper heavily rubbed with some closed tears. Interestingly, the inside flap of the dust wrapper must have been reused by the publisher as it seems to have been meant for another publication. In protective mylar cover. (Inventory #: 4632)