THE DUCHESS’S COOK
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grown. Only one woman appears among these stars of the kitchen. She is Mrs. MacDonald, tho Scottish cook of The Duke of York. She refuses to be kn'pwn as “chef,” and her menu for a dthner in January has the characteristic downrightness. This’ is Mrs. MacDonald's menu:— . Scotch broth, fried fillets of sole, noisettes of venison, roast partridge, chocolate pudding, bacon savoury.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6844, 23 February 1929, Page 15
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138THE DUCHESS’S COOK Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6844, 23 February 1929, Page 15
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