Name/Title
"THE BOOK OF UNUSUAL COOKERY"Entry/Object ID
2001.143.1.1Description
Color: Black; Orange; Red; White
"The Book of Unusual Cookery," published by the Woman's World Magazine Co., Inc, 1928. The front cover of the item has the title in white letters at the top and the subtitle "52 Sunday Dinners & Fine Old Time Recipes" at the bottom, along with the publisher's name and address. Taking up most of the cover space is a color image of a woman stirring something in a bowl, which, along with other utensils, is on a kitchen work table. The identical layout is on the back cover. On the inside front cover are candy recipes. The first page has a brief introduction, under whiich is a brief list of foods to serve in each month and an index by type of food (desserts, meats, salads, soups, vegetables, and etc.) Pages following cover Sunday dinners; cooking timetables and temperature charts; recipes lists by week for Sunday dinners each month; an insert amidst the July sections showing ten salad recipes for summer, novel desserts, sandwiches and other recipes; and sections after the monthly recipes concerning historic recipes, including Christmas dinner menus from 1850 and 1875, with approximate years items had been in use to date, as well as historic cakes, New England recipes; and candy, cake, and dessert recipes concluding. There are many photographs of recipe items, including some that were colorized. In fair condition, the artifact has the cover nearly separated at the spine; brittleness, creases, surface soiling, overall wear and small tears on the cover and some discoloration on pages.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Cookbooks, Woman's World Magazine Co., Inc., Cookery, American