Name/Title
Baker's Weekly Cookbook of the Hofmann family, 1931Entry/Object ID
2024.47.7Description
Acc. No. 24.47.7
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Bakeries
Date or Period: c. 1940s
Object: Cookbook
Description: A hardbound book with dark blue buckram cover with text in red: 'BAKERS WEEKLY New RECIPES / ILLUSTRATED'. By Charles A. Glabau and Bakers Weekly Technical Staff. Copyright, 1931, American Trade Publishing Co., publishers of Bakers Weekly. 318 printed pages. Appears to have flower stains on cover and spine.
Size: L 9" x W 6"
History of Object: Baker's Weekly Cookbook, used at Hofmann's Bakery, 918 Central, 1931-1974. The Preface states the purpose of the book: 'to help the baker increase his sales through greater variety and good quality. It gives only practical formulas for products the American housewife will buy.' Bakers were suggested to send letters with their problems so the staff of the publishing company could attempt to address them in 'the Experimental Bakery'. In the rear of the book a caveat is given that there may be new rules set out by the government.
Donor: Frederica Kapp
Donation Date: 2022; Catalog Date: 5/22/2024
