New Purchases - Pies & Hungarian Cooking!

Found two super cheap cookbooks when I popped into a thrift store before doing my mom's grocery shopping. I needed a calm moment before tackling the SUPER CRAZY BUSY grocery store.

Great Pies You Can Bake, published in 1991.There are 365 recipes for every day of the year! Not sure if I could eat pie every day for an entire year, but I am willing to give it a go...

The Hungarian Cookbook, published in 1954. Another Culinary Arts Institute booklet, with 151 recipes.I don't recall ever eating Hungarian food. According to the book, Hungarians customarily drink beer or Tokay (wine) with their meal and also consume large quantities of coffee.

New Purchases - The 70's Revisited

The California Heritage Cookbook, published in 1976. Recipes compiled by the Junior League of  Pasadena, California. There are 500 pages of recipes, along with descriptions and the history of nine different regions of the state.

The Best of Home Economics Teachers Bicentennial Cookbook, published in 1975. The book is filled with a few recipes from historical statesmen (actually their wives!), regional favorites and much more.

Bless This Food - The Anita Bryant Family Cookbook, published in 1975. Family recipes from one of "America's best-loved entertainers", who I remember hawking orange juice in TV commercials in the 70's.

New Purchases - Rice, Hors d'Oeuvres & Nantucket

Serve Rice and Shine - A Cookbook to Serve at Any Hour, published in 1963. Recipes compiled by the Rice Council for Market Development. Recipes range from appetizers, main dishes, salads and desserts. A few recipes incorporate a rice ring filled with the entree.

A Book of Hors d'Oeuvre, published in 1961. Canapes, pierced savories and cocktail yummies.

Nantucket Recipes - From the Fog Island Cafe, published in 1996.  Recipes are heavy on breakfast and baked good, plus soups. Of course, seafood is featured!

New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklets 1960's

Favorite Recipes from Royal Neighbor Kitchens, published in 1960. The second "flip-book" cookbook I own. Recipes are printed both both sides of the pages. Royal Neighbors of America is a life insurance company founded in 1895.

Dr. Ball's Cook Book, unknown publication date. Dr. Ball operated a clinic/health school In Excelsior Springs, Missouri from 1919 until he retired in 1953. The clinic stayed open until 1963 when it closed due to a damaging article in the Saturday Evening Post.

New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklet 1950's Part 3

They Taste So-o-o Good!, published in 1955. Booklet published by Planters Edible Oil Company and features their products in recipes for simple snacks, family foods and party dishes.

Meat for Thrifty Meals, published in 1953. Booklet published by the USDA.

Watkins Cook Book, published in 1938 (another oops!). Recipes use products from the J.R. Watkins Company - from baking powder, food colorings, seasonings and extracts. Watkins also made medicinal preparations, toilet articles, soap products, household aids and stock and poultry preparations.

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Page from Watkins Cook Book

New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklet 1950's Part 2

Pillsbury's 7th Grand National Cookbook , published in 1956. Another Bake-Off cookbook for my collection! The winning recipe was "Ring-a-Lings".

The Art and Secrets of Chinese Cookery, published in 1958. All the recipes feature La Choy Food Products.

Calorie Saving Recipes with Improved Sucaryl, published in 1955. All recipes use Sucaryl a non-caloric sweetener made with cyclamate (which has banned in the US since 1969.

Page from Pillsbury booklet - Hawaiian Pie

Page from Chinese Cookery booklet

New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklet 1950's Part 1

250 Classic Cake Recipes, published in 1950. Yet another CAI booklet with lots of yummy cake recipes.

Good Housekeeping's Fish and Shellfish Book, published in 1958.  Recipes featuring fine foods from the ocean, lakes and streams.

Good Housekeeping's Book of Delectable Desserts, published in 1958. Recipes run the gamut from cakes, pies and cookies to desserts for outdoor cooks and even something special.

 Page from Fish & Shellfish booklet

Found in Fish & Shellfish booklet

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New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklet 1940's Part 2

Betty Crocker Cook Book of All-Purpose Baking, published in 1942. Booklet contains 200 of the best tested recipes from the Gold Medal file. The front pages include a section on war time baking and rationing - focusing on ways to save sugar by using substitute ingredients.

Recipes for you Hotpoint Electric Range, published in 1949. Recipes focus on different cooking methods for the top of the range, the thrift cooker, oven cooking and using the broiler.

Here's Why They All Use Spry, circa 1940's.  Recipes incorporate Spry vegetable shortening.

Recipe and Instruction Book - Hamilton Beach Mixette, circa 1940's.

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New Purchases - Vintage Cookbooklet 1940's Part 1

500 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers, published in 194. Culinary Arts Institute booklet with recipes using leftovers from bread to vegetables (plus coffee & coca!).

500 Tasty Snacks - Ideas for Entertaining, published in 1954 (oops!). Another CAI booklet - the inside cover lists all 24 booklets (I own 8 from the list).

Unknown title, published in 1949.  No cover or tile page, but the booklet lists recipes from A-Z with photos from Kerr, California Fruit Growers, Walnut Growers and the National Live Stock and Meat Board.

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New Purchase - More Vintage Cookbooklets 1930's

10 Steps to Perfect Baking, published in 1937. Recipes use Calumet Baking Powder in the recipes.

Light Crust Recipes, circa 1930's. Published by Burrus Mill & Elevator Company in Ft Worth Texas, the booklet contains practical recipes using Light Crust Flour.

Aunt Jane's Cook Book, circa 1930's.  Published by McConnon & Company of Winona, Minnesota which began in 1889. In addition to baking products and spices, the company also manufactured medicinal preparations.

Back cover of Light Crust Recipes - promoting the Light Crust Doughboys, an American Western Swing band organized in 1931 to promote the flour, they disbanded in 1942.

Heinz Recipe

Book, published in 1939. All recipes feature a myriad of Heinz products. The booklet originally sold for 50 cents.

The Mazola Salad Bowl, published in 1939. Love the cover!

Page from Heinz Recipe book

Page from Mazola Salad Bowl

Another Round of Vintage Cooking Pamphlets ~ circa 1920's Part 2

Rumford Everyday Cook Book for the Housekeeper and Student, circa 1920's. Recipes incorporate Rumford Baking Powder - Lilly Haxworth Wallace was one of three persons who compiled the recipes for the booklet (I have several of her cookbooks!).

Knox Gelatine: Desserts Salads Candies and Frozen Dishes, circa 1920's. The booklet is dedicated to the IMPROVED PACKAGE of Knox Sparkling Gelatine. Knox was started in 1896 by Charles Knox and the business was taken over by his wife,  Mrs. Rose Knox when he died in 1908. She also wrote the recipes in the booklets.

Knox Gelatine Dainty Desserts Salads-Candies, circa 1920's. More recipes using Knox gelatine.

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Another Round of Vintage Cooking Pamphlets ~ circa 1920's Part 1

Sperry Flour Company Cookbook, circa 1920s.  Sperry began operating in Stockton, California in 1852 and was acquired by General Mills in 1929. Typical booklet for its era, no pictures but a few vintage ads for Sperry products.

Jell-O America's Most Famous Dessert, circa 1920's.  The price of a box of Jell-O when the booklet was published was 10 cents.

The House of Walter Baker & Company, Ltd., circa 1920's. The Baker Chocolate Company is the oldest producer of chocolate in the United States (1780).  It was sold to General Foods in 1927 and incorporated into Kraft Foods in 1979.

Page from Sperry Flour Co. Cook Book

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Page from Walter Baker & Co. booklet

New Purchases - Still Finding More Cookbooks!

A quick trip to my favorite thrift store yielded a few more books for the collection:

Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cookbook, published in 1977. Yet another cookbook extolling the many uses for Bisquick! The book is actually seven mini cookbooks in one - with step by step instructions.

Are You Hungry Tonight - Elvis's Favorite Recipes , published in 1992. Bought the book for the tile alone! (plus the low, low price of 99 cents). Pretty much filled with Southern recipes - including the (in)famous Fried Peanut Butter and Banana sandwich.

Talk About Good!, published in 1977. First printing date was 1967. Another popular community cookbook, compiled by the Junior League of Lafayette, Louisiana. Also, another book I can mark off my wishlist!

Adventures in Good Cooking and the Art of Carving in the Home, published in 1948. Famous recipes compiled by Duncan Hines, with a very detailed chapter on ALL you need to know about carving!

The Farmers' Almanac Cook Book, published in 1964. More than 1000 recipes equally at home on the farm or in a modern apartment.

My Version of Black Friday (actually Saturday!)

Avoided the mall and other busy shopping areas and instead stopped by all the (open) thrift stores in town (8/9). Found a few more cookbooks, plus a few other things.

The New Hood Cook Book - A Modern Cook Book of Practical Recipes, published in 1941.  The book has 1195 modern recipes for all types of American food and was compiled by H.P. Hood & Sons Dairy Products. The book was a Christmas gift to the former owner in 1943. I found a vintage Kraft Marshmallow recipe booklet between the pages and a handwritten recipe card for Cocoa Fudge.

New Chinese Recipes - Using Only Ingredients Easily Obtainable in Neighborhood Sores, published in 1941. Recipes were adapted from Cantonese cooking done by Fred Wing.

from Williamsburg Kitchens, published in 1968. The recipes are a collection in the "Virginia" style and were gathered from local cookbooks, manuscripts and from the memories of the contributors.

Good as Gold - Centennial Olympic Games Cookbook, published in 1995. Recipes submitted by American chef and cooks to celebrate 100 modern years of the games.  Surprising there are NO photos of any finished dish. The 1996 Olympics were held in Atlanta for most of the more popular sports, but here in Athens we  hosted a few soccer games and rhythm gymnastics.

Southern Sideboards, published in 1992. Compiled by the Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi, the first printing was in 1978. There are 400 pages of great southern recipes, cooking basics and special techniques.

I Like You - Hospitality Under the Influence, published in 2006. LOTS of recipes, plus AMY SEDARIS! Her brother David, is one of my favorite essayists - would love to be a guest at the family holiday dinners.....

Another Completed Set!! The Southern Heritage Cookbook Collection

It didn't take long! Found the last three books to complete my Southern Heritage Cookbook collection. There was also an Index guide, but I passed on purchasing. The former owner donated her ENTIRE collection to GW, I got there early Sunday morning and bought my three books before the crowds came in to shop.

Sporting Scene Cookbook, published in 1985. Recipes and menus for various sporting activities including equestrian events, hunting, fishing and "on the green" (football, tennis and golf).

Gift Receipts Cookbook, published in 1985.  Recipes for Christmas gift giving - includes preserves, pickles, candy and of course sweets!

Sea and Stream Cookbook, published in 1984.  Recipes for all manner of seafood from bass to tuna and shellfish!

Weekend Round Up - New Vintage Purchases

The last of the books I purchased this week. Only thrifted two days this week since I have company this weekend. I spent two days super cleaning the house! While cleaning the "book" room with D, he suggested I may need to consider cutting back on the books I buy (the horror!). In addition to my cookbook collection, I also buy various other books - mostly art and vintage decorating. It may be time to cull through my titles yet again! Of course I didn't  tell him about my recent on-line purchase of 40+ vintage cooking pamphlets...

Better Homes & Gardens Chicken and Turkey Cookbook, published in 1976. Another book for my BH&G collection! Just in time for the holidays, the book has 215 different ways to prepare pheasant, duck and other game birds.

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking, published in 1987. Mr. Claiborne was born and raised in Mississippi and the 300 recipes are from his mother, his own files and some the regions best cooks.

New Purchases - Monday, Monday

Popped into a nearby thrift store on my lunch hour and found a few more books for the collection.

Al Fresco in Athens - A Recipe Guide to Georgia Bulldog Tailgating, published in 1994. Recipes for grilling and beyond. Probably donated by a disillusioned Dawg fan after last Saturday's game against Auburn!

The Pear Tree - Festive Recipes and Menus from the Junior League of Knoxville (TN), published in 1979. A guide for holiday entertaining - one of the smallest Junior League cookbooks I have come across.

Good Housekeeping's Cake Book, published in 1958. A Culinary Arts Institute booklet with cake recipes and decorating ideas for many occasions.

Peanuts Lunch Bag Cook Book, published in 1970. Super cute book with comic strips and easy recipes for school lunches.

Thrifty Saturday - Found More Books!

Stopped at 5 thrift stores while out running a few errands. Things are slowing down due to the holidays and I was pleasantly surprised to find a few more books for my collection.

Party Potpourri, published 1993. This is the 8th edition (Southern Living Hall of Fame Edition), it was first published in 1971 -which accounts for the totally GROOVY cover.  Recipes compiled by the Junior League of Memphis.

Tea Time at the Masters, published in 1983. The first edition was published in 1977. A collection of recipes complied by the Junior League of Augusta, Georgia.

The Congressional Club Cookbook, published in 1970 (8th edition). Features national and international recipes by club members (the wife of a sitting or former Member of Congress, Supreme Court Justice, or Member of the President’s Cabinet). The book is the main fundraising event for the club. The latest book was published in 2006 and is the 14th edition.

Ad found in the front inside page - for Virginia Slims cigarettes!

New Purchases - Half off Cookbooks!

Stopped by a few thrift stores today and found a few more books - all on sale!

Pillsbury's Bake Off Main Dish Cookbook, published in 1968. Shortcutted prize winning recipes - the best of ALL the Bake offs!

Best of Country Pies, published in 2001. There are 229 recipes of the most requested pie recipes from Taste of Home magazine.

Cooking with the Stars, published in 1999. A collection of favorite recipes (134 in all) from 87 celebrities.

Northwest Inspirations - Flavors of South Puget Sound, published in 2009. Recipes compiled by the Junior League of Olympia. Book was a Christmas gift to the former owner in 2011 (and I may know the gift givers!)

FOUND! Two More Cookbooks

While clearing out books from my bookshelf, I found two "hidden" cookbooks!

Guide to Modern Meals, published in 1970. The book is actually a Home Economics (or Family and Consumer Sciences - it's new moniker) textbook. There are chapters on meal preparation, planning meals, preparing meals, and of course recipes.

The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Cookbook, published in 1997.  History and recipes, plus lots of great photos and illustrations.

Wrapping up the Weekend - A Few More Books

Newman's Own Cookbook, published in 1998. Recipes feature Newman's Own products  with contributions from friends and from a Good Housekeeping recipe contest.

Under the Magnolias - A Tasteful Tour of Athens, published in 1999. Recipes complied by the Athens Academy Parent Service Organization and include a few by local restaurants (some of which are no longer in business).

Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers - Desserts, published in 1982. I also own an older (1960's ) edition. The previous owner noted her favorite recipes on the inside cover: Chocolate ice cream, Coconut Cream pie and basic pastry.

New Purchases - Witherspoon Road Estate Sale

The Nature Museum Cookbook, published in 1974. Recipes complied by the Guild of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Nature Museum. The Guild sponsors a Haunted House in October and several recipes from past events are featured.

Tested Recipes with Blue Ribbon Malt Extract, published in 1951. There were two types of the malt extract - plain or hop flavored.

Amish Dutch Cookbook, published in 1971. Features recipes from several Pennsylvania restaurants specializing in Amish Dutch cuisine.

Gourmet's Old Vienna Cookbook, published in 1964. A Viennese memoir - lots of great illustrations scattered among the recipes.