Category: You Ate What?
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Budget Cooking
Jean Allen’s Budget Cook Book by Vivian Reade 1955 Submitter: The cover of this book was so fantastically retro I knew the inside would be a rewarding nostalgia trip. Although recipes come in and out of style, the nutrition advice in here probably needs updating and if this book is to…
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Your Friend Mayonnaise
Correct Salads for All Occasions General Foods Corporation 1931 We haven’t featured an old cookbook in a while so I was glad I found this little gem in my library travels. I think the idea that a salad could be “correct” or “not correct” was a bit interesting. I found…
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Young America Cooks
Young America’s Cook Book A Cook Book for Boys and Girls Who Like Good Food Home Institute of the New York Herald Tribune, ed. 1948 We love cookbooks at ALB. The older ones are really wonderful glimpses into the past. That said, my public library is not the place for…
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Microwave It!
The Microwave Cookbook Spencer 1978 Submitter: Here is another great book in microwavable cooking from 1978 found on shelf at my local public library. It’s got your typical unappealing photos of food. I also question if modern microwaves work the same way an older one would have worked in 1978?…
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Appetizers, Anyone?
Hors d’oeuvres Appetizers, Spreads and Dips Sunset Cookbooks 1976 This came through my library’s donation pile the other day and of course someone said I just had to have this delicious example of late 1970s cocktail party food. Honestly, this could have been my parents’ party. I know both my…
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Be a Budget Foodie
The Low-Cost Cookbook Favorite Recipes 1971 Straight from a library shelf to your kitchen! You will love recipes like chicken cacciatore with prunes or a molded apple blue cheese salad. I am sure your mouth is watering from all of these wonderful foods. As a child of the 1960s, I can say…
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