I picked up five more items for the collection at the Brimfield Antique Show yesterday. I was particularly taken with this one, which I think is from some time in the 1920s: It's one of many recipe/advertising booklets produced by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, MA (producer of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable … Continue reading Another Vintage Pamphlet Post
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Puffy Omelet from the Culinary Arts Institute (1950)
You've probably never heard of the Culinary Arts Institute, but in the 1940s they produced an endless stream of single-topic cookery pamphlets, like this one: Not a lot of information about the CAI or its Director (and editor of the booklets), Ruth Berolzheimer, is available. Back in 2008, though, a Chicago reporter did some digging … Continue reading Puffy Omelet from the Culinary Arts Institute (1950)
Two New Cookery Books for the Collection
Well, so much for regular posts ... but I do have a new computer and managed to fix the scanner! Betty Crocker Cook Book of All-Purpose Baking (1942) was a purchase from the Forgotten Bookmarks guy's "Book Per Diem" site. It originally cost 25 cents and it's lovely, with that gold-toned cover, color and black-and-white … Continue reading Two New Cookery Books for the Collection
Home Economics Textbook (1937)
The fact is, of late I've been doing the same old, same old historical stuff, or else things I can't comment on. So here's a post about another acquisition for my pre-liberation domestic agenda collection. (If you can think of another term for it, be my guest!) At the flea market today I picked up … Continue reading Home Economics Textbook (1937)
Calumet Baking Powder
Our latest trip to the Brimfield Antique Show netted me not one, but two cooking pamphlets from the Calumet Baking Powder Company - my first ones from that company. First up, from 1931, "The Calumet Baking Book." With an attractive cover and 24 pages of recipes, it's a great addition to my collection. It also … Continue reading Calumet Baking Powder
Soft Molasses Cookies (1932)
Nothing interesting enough to post about has happened lately in my history work, I'm afraid. But I did feel like baking something this afternoon, and picked a molasses cookie recipe out of this 1932 Royal Baking Powder company booklet. They came out very well. The amount of baking powder in the original recipe is correct. … Continue reading Soft Molasses Cookies (1932)
Kristen Noble Keegan, Historical Geographer 