"A Cordiall Water: A Garland Of Odd And Old Receipts To Assuage The Ills Of Man Or Beast" 1961 FISHER, M.F.K. Toys a Victorian building of studios

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"A Cordiall Water: A Garland Of Odd And Old Receipts To Assuage The Ills Of Man Or Beast" 1961 FISHER, M.F.K. Toys a Victorian building of studiosFISHER, M. F. K. [178] pp. Little, Brown and Company 1961 VG VG A Cordiall Water collects a charming mixed bag of nostrums, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers and intersperces them with autobiographical anecdotes from M. F. K. Fishers life in California, Provence, Mexico and Switzerland. These engaging recipes, "a perfect combination of superstition, instinct, and primitive knowledge" deal with commonplace ailmentssore throats, cures for cats,