Category: You Ate What?
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The Devil Makes You Fat
“Help Lord-The Devil Wants Me Fat!” Lovett 1982 Naturally, every library has its share of diet/health books. They go in and out of fashion more than, well, fashion. This book takes the extra added bonus of blaming Satan. Evidently Satan sits on the Hellmouth with a big plate of cookies…
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Creamy Goodness for the Tummy
The Bland Diet Cookbook Schulz 1978 Back in the olden days before they discovered what the real story of ulcers was all about, bland diets were the go to treatment for just about anything that qualified as “stomach trouble”. I remember that spicy food was usually considered the culprit in…
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Salmon Jell-o Anyone?
Serve it Cold! A cookbook of delicious cold dishes Crosby & Bateman 1969 Naturally, the warm summer is a perfect time to break out the cold food. As you can guess, one of the stars of this cookbook is our old friend gelatin. I believe that appetizing fish dish on…
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Bread Sculpture – NSFW!
Bread sculpture : the edible art Wiseman 1975 Submitter: [This was found in a] small academic library. As a for-profit, so we’re even more at risk of legal action or the like if someone finds content in our collection offensive. I’ve actually been combing through older items in our culinary collection…
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Minimal Effort Cooking
Jiffy Cooking Better Homes and Gardens Meredith Corporation 1967 Once again, we are featuring another cookbook from yesteryear. Can you open a can? Can you stir? Do you just want to keep people fed and everyone to shut up about the damn dinner? This book is for you. My mom…
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Celebrity Recipes
Celebrity Cookbook Blinn 1981 I know many of you have wondered “what does Jack Lord cook for dinner?” No, it is not some exotic dish from Hawaii. It is watercress soup. Awesome! This book has all the hot celebrities that no one under the age of 35 will remember…
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