February 1835 RECEIPTS. FRUITS IMITATING NATURE. Are made by means of wooden shells; (the color of the stone and containing an almond,) overlapped with an imitation of the Fruit itself, made by means of leaden moulds into which sugar boiled sufficiently has been poured. When taken from the mould, the sugar is varnished with isinglass; and … Continue reading Godey's Lady's Book, February 1835
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Godey's Lady's Book, January 1835
Recently I spent some time in St. Albans, Vermont, a town up near the Canadian border. There you will find a small bookstore called The Eloquent Page, which has an entire bookcase full of Godeys, Petersons, and the like, and two or three more with books on fashion history written in the 20th and 21st centuries. … Continue reading Godey's Lady's Book, January 1835
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