Color: Blue
"A 'Calendar of Dinners' with 615 Recipes" by Marion Harris Neil (Thirteenth ed., Cincinatti: The Proctor and Gamble Co., 1917), 231 pp. The hardcover book has a blue cover with the title and author's name at the top of the front and a glued-on image with four persons (a cook, housekeeper, and two others) pointing to a cook book. The contents of the artifact include "The Story of Crisco", a product made by Proctor and Gamble and introduced in 1911; tips on using the recipes; hints to young cooks; how to choose foods, such as meat, fish, vegetables, and eggs; methods of cooking; cooking time tables and weights and measures; the art of carving; the 615 recipes with many illustrations; and the calendar of dinners for each day of the year. A recipe index is located at the front of the work, which is in poor condition with much wear and many stains on the front cover; a separated binding; and often heavy discoloration and stains on the pages. On the frontispiece in pencil is the inscription: "Mrs. A. J. Hodge / Jan. 1919."
