Release date is 2015-09-14

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"The Dinner Year-Book" by Marion Harland is a practical cookbook written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a guide for home cooks, focusing primarily on providing a comprehensive set of dinner menus for each day of the month alongside detailed recipes. The author aims to alleviate the daily dilemma faced by many housewives: planning and preparing varied and delicious meals for the family. The opening of the book introduces the author's own frustrations with meal planning, emphasizing the struggles of avoiding monotony and managing leftovers. Harland establishes a friendly tone as she addresses her readers, promising a structured approach to family dinners and a collection of adaptable menus that correspond to seasonal ingredients and the typical American market. Her strategy combines thoughtful meal design with efficient use of resources, including left-over ingredients and practical cooking tips, thereby setting the stage for the various meal options and recipes that follow in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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