I bought this old recipe book from Etsy a while ago and it arrived in my letterbox the other day. It's by Crisco, an old brand of solid vegetable shortening, and is called Praise for the Cook. Inside this little book there are lots of recipes for appetisers, main courses, savory sauces, cookies, pastries and desserts. There is even a section titled 'cookery for men' containing manly recipes for barbequing and camping like 'hush puppies' and 'fancy franks' (because of course men need their own gender-specific recipes haha). What I REALLY love about this little book though are the illustrations! They are just too sweet for words so I'll let the pictures do the talking.
I love the illustrations so cute!
ReplyDeleteadorable xxx
ReplyDeleteLooks fun! I think it would be useful not just for cooking reference, but for entertainment as well. :-D
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! I think some of the illustrations would look really cute framed as prints =)
DeleteGosh, I wish they still did illustrations like this!
ReplyDeleteSo do I Helen! You can why I've started collecting old cook books :)
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