(Home Economics) Marion Harland. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Houewifery Turkey The Slanted Door is a

The Slanted Door is a love letter to the restaurant

and fragrances reminiscent of rose water

Peppermint Patty

design and gastrosophy

Bookplate signed by all three authors mounted inside

(Home Economics) Marion Harland. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Houewifery Turkey The Slanted Door is aBrick cloth, gilt lettered spine. First Edition. NY: Scribner's, [1871]. Common Sense in the Household was a popular 19th century cookbook and guide to domestic management by Mary Virginia Terhune (writing as Marion Harland). It offers practical, conversational advice on cooking, cleaning, and child rearing, with simple recipes for the era, and became a bestseller that launched Terhune's career as a domestic writer and cooking teacher. The book was