The Fireside Cookbook, Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen and Written by James Beard, 1949.
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the reluctant cook by ethelind fearon pictured by alex jardine london herbert jenkins 1953
Good morning. Tina posting again today. This little book was one of my very favorite cookbooks when I was little. It was first published in 1951 by the Carnation Company, so it is actually an advertising vehicle which uses several Carnation products in the recipes given. I remember it for the darling little red-haired girl and her cute petal pushers. This little book which I am showing you today is a copy from 1971. This book definitely makes cooking look like fun. Especially if you get to wear those Capri's! Helpful and colorful instructions. The first page, which I failed to photograph, introduces the little girl as Margie Blake. She is the daughter of Mary Blake (the author) who apparently wrote other cookbooks for Carnation. Margie says in the introduction "When I teased Mother to let me cook, she looked in book stores for a cook book for me. Some books had too many long words. Some books were too babyish and just had play recipes... So Mother decided to write a cook book especially for me and other girls my age... I thought up the name "Fun to Cook Book". I know you'll have fun cooking too." The illustrator is not credited. This page had 8 important rules to follow "So that I could cook again... I had to learn about cleaning up the kitchen". I could use her in my kitchen, looks like she does a good job. Safety first! Fudge Sauce. Yummy! I think I might make this again soon. Nothing like a hot fudge sundae using peppermint ice cream. The little brother's face abovereminds me of a story about my son when he was three. We lived in an old home on Myrtle Street in Placerville, which had "shotgun" bedrooms. You had to go through his room (directly off the den area) to get to the adult's room. One morning Josh rose early, and exited his bedroom into the rest of the house. He went into the kitchen and decided to do some baking, perhaps to surprise us with breakfast in bed. He went into the cupboard over the kitchen table and found two boxes of chocolate pudding. Then he discovered a carton of eggs in the fridge. Sometime later we sleepyhead parents rose from our bed and tracked him down. There was nicely hardened chocolate pudding cemented by eggs all over everything, including his cheeks, hands, chest... That was definitely a hard cleanup. After that we put a latch high on his bedroom door, so the only way he could leave his room was by going into ours. Soups on, come in out from the cold and warm up! This sandwich "recipe" tells you to spread your sandwich with butter. I must not have listened, because in our house, sandwiches did not contain butter as an ingredient. Always a good idea to get your kids making a salad or veggies so that they will be proud and want to eat them. I always have liked salad, and most veggies, so I guessed it worked. Here are those cute pants again! Here we go, meatloaf. A man-pleasing favorite, at least at my house. My husband always requests meatloaf for his birthday dinner. I have never used Carnation Evaporated Milk as an ingredient though. I might try it someday. When I get done here, I am going to make some scrambled eggs with fresh eggs from our neighbors' chickens. They have just started laying, and they proudly gave us a carton of eggs just the other day. I usually just use butter, eggs, and salt and pepper. My Dad was the champion breakfast maker at our house. However, he liked his eggs sunny side up and the whites still a bit runny. We daughters hated them that way. I developed a lifetime habit of mixing up my eggs with my hash browns so that the runny part was all mixed up with the other parts of my breakfast and I didn't notice it. I now eat my eggs over easy or scrambled to avoid any problem with the whites. Daddy also like hominy... but that is another story. I love the sound of this frosting. It would be good with some chocolate added. Whipped Carnation. Now we could just buy some Cool Whip. My very favorite dessert is pie, so I was happy to see recipes for pie crust. I would love to try this orange pie. It would be perfect to finish off an Easter dinner. I've seen some big strawberries, but this is ridiculous! Cooking is fun, it makes you blurry, and causes you to run around with your Mother! When I was young, and Lori and Heidi were even younger, I used to play "Restaurant" with them. I would make up a menu for lunch of things I could make, such as tuna or grilled cheese sandwiches, soup, etc., with a few choices, and then they would order their lunch from me. I thought it was fun to cook for them, they got to eat what they wanted, we were all happy. Shopping manners. I meet people in the store these days who need some. Nothing in here about cell phones or blocking the isle... Of course there is a page with some advertising. Do they still make Carnation Instant Breakfast? Heidi would know. Oh boy, I can send for some more Carnation booklets! I will share "Teen Time Cooking" with you on another post.
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Hardcover. 349 pages Copyright 1968 First Printing. Published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited. Printed by TSNP, Martin. A compilation of recipes by Marguerite Patten, the Julia Child of England. This cookbook contains over 1,000 recipes and is lavishly illustrated with over 100 full color photographs. It also includes a Guide To Good Cooking, Instructional guides within each chapter, and an index of recipes. Shrimp Cocktail, Lobster Salad, Irish Stew, Corn Fritters, Duck in Apricot Sauce, Avocado Salad, Brandy Butter, Rosemary Butter Stuffing, Scotch Eggs, Corn Dip, Apple Dumplings, Christmas Pudding, Coffee Almond Cake, Hot Cross Buns, Mulled Ale, Blackberry Jelly, Bacon Crumb Pie, and many other delicious recipes. Gently used condition. Pages are crisp and clean. No rips, tears, or food staining, just a little age. Outside cover has a few marks from years of good use. Binding is good. All items are meticulously photographed to show their condition. They have been stored in a clean smoke free environment.
A couple of months ago I blogged about Vintage Children’s Book Covers and whilst I was creating that post, I came across the idea for this one. I’ve previously talked a little about the…
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Vintage Collector Cook Books These are from the 50s/60s all cut out by hand and stapled together very cool images and recipes inside! Dimensions about 11” x 5.5” Price is per 1 booklet, each booklet is about 4 pages front and back
Mrs Beeton's cookery: practical and economic recipes for everyday dishes A Vintage book published around the 1930s with pages of recipes to try or to give inspiration. Details Format: Hardback Size: 19 x 14 cm Publisher: Ward, Lock Pages: 255 Published: 1930s [Undated] Condition: Used condition, Inside pages are clear and readable with some foxing, cover has ware and shows obvious use Mrs Beetons Recipes Vintage cook book illustrated old cook Books cookery books Illustrated x3485
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The scene: A suburban charity shop in Wellington, New Zealand. Two elderly women (let’s call them Beryl and Meryl) preside over the counter, keeping an eye on the shoppers on a cold Saturday morning. A much younger woman (let’s call her Lucy) approaches them, clutching a water-stained and battered paperback. Beryl (looking at the book,…
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My last antique excursion found me walking out with two more cookbook pamphlets! I don't know why I am addicted to them, perhaps because they are so much more colorful than cookbooks from the same era. Some day you are going to see me listed in the Guineas Book of World Records for the largest collection...... First up we have the Hershey's cookbook copyright 1940. I love the glimpse we get of a "modern" kitchen! All the basic chocolaty goodness. Sour Cream Cocoa Cookies caught my eye. Looks very interesting. I will let you know when I get around to trying them! Love their slogan! I have a reprint of this cookbook from the 1970s. Most of the recipes look the same. But how can you go wrong with a bit of chocolate! I found this one very interesting. What caught my eye was the colorful illustrations inside. I love to read recipes for sandwiches. They were so inventive then! Though some do not sound good at all. "Avoid Spongy, Tasteless Bread - Buy Bond Bread!"
Damascus Cook Book, illustrated by "Butte". Nothing else is known about this little cookbook: no date, no other mention of illustrator.
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We love finding vintage cookbook covers that tell the American Story. How cool would it be to do a documentary on American life through the lens of our vintage cookbooks? We keep searching for vintage recipes and cook books to add to this collection. You can download entire copies of some
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A couple of months ago I blogged about Vintage Children’s Book Covers and whilst I was creating that post, I came across the idea for this one. I’ve previously talked a little about the…
Cutco Cook Book (Volume 1) by Margaret Mitchell Hardcover Wear-Ever Aluminum Copyright 1961 THIS SMALL HARDCOVER BOOK IS IN GOOD-VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH AVERAGE WEAR
Run Turkey! Run! Here are some more vintage cookbook illustrations, (again, from the oh, so talented Kay Lovelace) to help get you in the Thanksgiving spirit! To see more of Kay Lovelace's illustrations go here. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and make sure to take a little time to put your feet up and relax a bit, you deserve it!
The Fireside Cookbook, Illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, Written by James Beard, 1949.
This is a great collection of Vintage Cooking Clipart! Included are Cooks, Chefs, Baking Clipart, Retro Stove Images and more!
Damascus Cook Book, illustrated by "Butte". Nothing else is known about this little cookbook: no date, no other mention of illustrator.
This treasure from Tante Marie’s turn of the century cookbook, Cuisine de Famille, is called Lettuce Salad. So let us salad. (Translated from the French) This salad must be made with care, because in the cavities and folds of the lettuce leaf, you will often find insects. You have to remove them, as you must […]
the reluctant cook by ethelind fearon pictured by alex jardine london herbert jenkins 1953
In 1959 the makers of Carnation Evaporated Milk came to the rescue of mothers who wished there were recipes simple enough to start young girls off on the right foot in …
What makes a cookbook collectible? It’s a question we are often asked, and one for which the answer depends on who’s collecting and why.
1978 Carnation company - no credits
