Do you love reading antique cookbooks? If so A Poetical Cook-Book first published in 1864 would make an excellent addition to your collection. The book begins with a section on the proper role of the mistress of the home. Each set of recipes is accompanied by a poem. Chicken broth begins "The chicken broth was brought at nine; He then arose to ham and wine, And, with a philosophic air, Decided on the bill of fare." Turtle soup begins, "The day before you dress a turtle, chop the herbs, and make the forcemeat; then, on the preceding evening, suspend the turtle by the two hind fins with a cord,...