Thursday, May 5, 2011

Lorain Cooking


We have a small cookbook from 1930 in our collection entitled "Lorain Cooking". The cover shows a simple red wheel, which was a revolutionary tool for the kitchen that we take for granted today. The Lorain Oven Heat Regulator with its signature Red Wheel allowed cooks to maintain a constant temperature inside the oven during any baking period. The wheel is marked at intervals of 50 degrees Fahrenheit. After setting the Red Wheel, the flow of gas is automatically reduced when the oven registers the desired temperature. Can you imagine what baking would have been like prior to the introduction of the Lorain Oven? The Red Wheel eliminated the burning of food (except for in the case of chef error!) and assured uniform results each time a recipe was cooked. The thermostat control freed cooks from watching the food as it baked.

Here are some recipes from the Lorain Cooking book.



Monday, May 2, 2011

Footnote.com is now at the Bossier Parish Library

A new genealogy database has been added to others available at the Bossier Parish Library branches. While it can't be accessed remotely, you can come to any branch and search Footnote's many history and genealogy resources. Among them are the Brady Civil War photos, Confederate Amnesty Papers and Confederate Citizens Papers. Numerous newspapers, naturalization records and indexes, and city directories can be browsed. World War II and Vietnam War records are there, as well. One resource that you won't want to miss in Footnote.com is "Project Blue Book--UFO Investigations." Visit us soon (or any library branch) and take advantage of these resources and many more.

To access footnote.com, simply click here or choose the link from the menu to the right.