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.....