How It Works

THE LIBRARY

PLANET-FRIENDLY HACKS

SAVE MONEY, SAVE THE PLANET

AUTHOR ELIZABETH AJAO

ILLUSTRATOR JULIE GOLDSMITH

PUBLISHER OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP

PRICE £9.99 (APPROX. $11.55)

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In 1861, was published to roaring success. Packed with recipes, tips and tricks for managing a quintessential Victorian household, it became a bestseller practically overnight, with dozens of new editions published over the next 150 years. We’re not making a direct comparison between and a vintage cookbook containing the likes of beef wellington and suet pudding recipes, but there’s something about the rustic 19thcentury ethos that rings true here: it’s an era before society got thoroughly addicted to cheap mass production and industrial chemicals, when people turned to homespun solutions that

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