'I stink. High-heaven, stink above all stink, stink. Welcome to London.'Harriet Small has just arrived in London. She's here to write a screenplay with the famous 'M.D', based on her book, To the North of Nowhere.Writing this screenplay is a dream for Harry. Almost as much as leaving her home in the impoverished northern suburbs of Adelaide. There's a lot she's desperate to get away from.For now, Harry is happy to live in the moment, and documents her time in London...

It's 1903 and Abigail Fitz and her children are traveling cross country by train to join her husband in San Francisco. Abigail is hoping for a quiet trip with extra time for the boys to study. But before they leave Oklahoma, her sons discover an abandoned horse and wagon whose missing driver had tickets for the very same train they will take passage on. As they travel through the grassy plains of Nebraska and steep mountains and tall canyons of Wyoming and Nevada, Abigail's sons search the...

It's the fall of 1902, and Violet, recently widowed, is left to run an abandoned boat turned hotel in San Francisco. Many, including Violet's mother, push Violet to sell, but Violet continues to hold onto the hotel and the memories that occupy every room. The hotel is filled with guests, and the event room schedule is packed with events including a traveling museum. When the museum arrives early to open its weekend exhibit, Violet begins to regret booking the museum at all. With an over-ti...

It’s the fall of 1902, and Violet, recently widowed, is left to run an abandoned boat turned hotel in San Francisco. Many, including Violet’s mother, push Violet to sell, but Violet continues to hold onto the hotel and the memories that occupy every room. The hotel is filled with guests, and the event room schedule is packed with events including a traveling museum. When the museum arrives early to open its weekend exhibit, Violet begins to regret booking the museum at all. With an over-ti...

53 Old-Fashioned Fruit CakesFruit cake is an old-fashioned tradition. Who knew there were so many varieties? Recipes abound from alcohol soaked to frosted to somewhat plain. In this booklet, you'll find a selection of 53 old-fashioned fruit cake recipes using an assortment of spices, fruits, and of course spirits. Recreate some of these old-fashioned fruit cakes, and take a tasty trip back in time. Sprinkled throughout the cook book you'll find antique ads and old-time fruit cake a...

If you were invited to dine at a Thanksgiving Dinner during The Gilded Age what dishes would you be served? Take a tasty trip back in time with these old-fashioned Thanksgiving menus collected from antique cook books ranging from the 1870s to the 1900s. Included with the menus are the old-time recipes to help you recreate these historic dishes. There are classic dishes (Chicken Pies), unique dishes (Mock Biscuit Tortoni) and some of the stranger Thanksgiving recipes no longer found on the ...

Old-fashioned cookies come in a variety of flavors: chocolate, lemon, cinnamon, rose and mixed spice to name a few. This antique cookie recipe collection contains 400 plus old-time cookie recipes. Throughout the cook book, you'll also find old-fashioned ads and advice from the original cookbooks. Whip up a batch of old-fashioned cookies or drop cakes and take a tasty trip back in time.1847 Spiced Midgets with Pistachio Frosting1881 Sugar Plum Children's Cookies1886 Va...

Take a tasty trip back in time with these old-fashioned fruit salad recipes collected from various antique cook books. Inside you'll find classics (Waldorf Salad) and variations on the classics, unique little-known recipes, and some of the stranger fruit-salad recipes no longer found on the modern menu. Scattered throughout discover old-fashioned fruit salad advice, ads, and pictures from cook books dating back to the late eighteen hundreds to early nineteen hundreds.(1894) Transpa...

Old-Fashioned Afternoon Tea RecipesTake a tasty trip back in time and recreate some of these old-fashioned tea-tolling recipes from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. You'll find simple, practical recipes like jelly-covered leftover pie crust, traditional recipes of tea cakes and rusks, and a few unusual recipes like the "Maids of Honor" said to have been served to Queen Elizabeth. Sprinkled throughout are antique tea ads and advice from the original cookbooks."Tea-leaves t...

Feeling nostalgic? In this cook book, you'll find a collection of old-fashioned breakfast menus from the 1880s through the 1920s. There are simple menus perfect for whipping up an old-fashioned breakfast (or breakfast for dinner) and more elaborate menus ideal for an old-fashioned brunch party or Sunday breakfast. In addition to the menus, you'll find 3 sections of antique recipes: one for coffee cakes, one for muffins, and one for omelets. As with all our collections, scattered throughout...

Take a tasty trip back in time with over 400 salad and salad dressing recipes selected from antique cook books printed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this cookbook, you'll find old-fashioned classics, original and unique salad recipes, and a few of the stranger old-fashioned salads no longer found on the modern menu. Scattered throughout the cookbook are antique photos, old ads and old-fashioned salad advice and tips from the original cook books. Visit a local farmer's market and cr...

Housewives and bakers of earlier generations cooked up a variety of cookies - some now forgotten. There were hermits, lady fingers, marguerites, jumbles, and wafers to name a few. In this second collection of antique cookie recipes, you'll find an additional 400 plus old-fashioned cookie receipts. Also scattered throughout the collection are old-fashioned ads, pictures, and advice from the original cookbooks. Whip up a batch of spiced lemon and citron wafers or rose scented bachelor button...