Category: You Ate What?
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Fancy and Versatile Cottage Cheese
The Cottage Cheese Cookbook Kaufman 1967 Gotta love the versatility of cottage cheese! Who knew? As you can see from the pages, the food looks absolutely delicious! I think it is all the black and white photography. (The cottage cheese is the white stuff, in case you need help identifying.)…
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Save time and money with a refrigerator!
The “Silent Hostess” Treasure Book General Electric 1931 I love finding these old cookbooks. This particular example is a publication from General Electric touting the exciting “new” features in the refrigerator. Best part are the color pictures featuring….wait for it: Surprise Loaf. (4th picture below) The aptly named Surprise Loaf…
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Husband Tested Recipes
“Husband-Tested” Recipes Pet Milk Co. 1949 A little something from the olden days. Husbands, run don’t walk to get this wonderful cookbook for the Missus. I love these vintage cooking books. Definitely a keeper for an archive, but not so much for a public library. The recipes don’t look too…
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Magically shaped food
Hostess Magic Recipes for Great Entertaining May 1984 I actually thought this book was much older than 1984, given the black and white photos and the squared off kebob on the cover. (Personal bias: I like food to actually look like food, not a demo of solid geometry.) Aside from the…
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The Teen Vegetarian
The Teen Vegetarian: A Teen Nutrition Book Salter 1991 Submitter: I don’t know how this one has managed to survive on the shelf for this long. I’m usually very strict with the health and diet collections. While the content of this one isn’t terribly bad, no teen is ever going to…
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Liberace Cooks
Liberace Cooks!: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes For You from His Seven Dining Rooms Liberace 1970 Submitter: Here is my new favorite book. When I found this on shelf, I just knew it would be amazing. I am too young for Liberace, and even worse, my young library clerks had no idea who…
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