The American Woman's Cook Book

The edition I have belonged to my grandmother's brother, who annotated it in several places, and pasted in recipes from the newspaper in totally random spots. I'm lucky to have it, as it is barely held together by a few pieces of tape, and the pages are worn, the cover full of meals prepared in decades past, by a cook now dead. I'm very attached to it, though the garish color plates featuring all manner of utterly outdated recipes, almost nauseating to someone raised on the likes of Martha Stewart, are a bit off-putting. If you're interested in approaches to American cooking before Julia Child, check out a vintage copy of this book.

Important book from 1900's cookbooks. This is another interesting reference indicating how much war time affected everyone in the country: the cookbook (at least this version) is broken into different sections, the first part being the standard cookbook with a broad range of recipes (from beverages and meats, to canning and food equivalents) and the other part dedicated to Wartime Cookery. In that section, the author mentions the shortage of metal cans (for processed foods) and that most households may called on to 'curtail' the use of fats & oils since these are used in the manufacture of soaps and gunpowder, both needed for the war efforts. There is also a section on "How to Feed a Family of Five on $15.00 Per Week" in the Wartime show more Cookery chapter. show less

'The past is a foreign country' - a volume evocative, in both content and style, of a former era, published in 1948 and edited by the Director of the Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago. Comprehensive with thumb indent indexing and some colour plates. Contributors included such august bodies as the Irradiated Evaporated Milk Institute, the Appalachian Apple Service and the delightfully named Junket Folks. A social history : the chapter entitled Friends Who Honour Us tells us that 'Clear thinking, honest motives and ease in management can develop a social life that is simple and charming.'

A timeless classic. A woman of any age or time can rely on this book regardless of her experience in the kitchen. This edition has numerous money and time saving tips.

My mother-in-law literally wore the cover off her copy.

I just received a cookbook that was my grandmothers for American Woman during war time, so so very cool I have a huge collection of cook books and I never seen something so fnn Cool

First edition= 1938 [copyrighted every year 1938-1944