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)
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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
Meta Makes Me Sift Bread Crumbs
You probably don't recall my friend Meta (https://historylive.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/meet-my-new-friend-meta/), but I still have the two-volume cookbook. A month or so ago I decided to make dinner from some version of her menus (I rarely have the ingredients on hand to follow one exactly), and wound up with this for dessert: Cocoa Bread Pudding 1-1/2 cups evaporated … Continue reading Meta Makes Me Sift Bread Crumbs
Thanksgiving Report, 2012
I'm baaaack! Six months is a long break, but I'm hoping to be a bit more active in the coming year. I'll try to at least post a few things about my occasional cooking adventures, some of them well after the fact. So, for Thanksgiving this year I went with the proposed menu from "Selected … Continue reading Thanksgiving Report, 2012
Chocolate Cake (ca. 1937)
I've been sick, so there's been a minimum of work around here. But two weeks ago I went on to the next recipe in the Sands, Taylor / King Arthur booklet - Chocolate Cake "With Chocolate" (that's what it says). 1-3/4 cups King Arthur Flour 1-1/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 … Continue reading Chocolate Cake (ca. 1937)
Small Basic Cake (ca. 1937)
Alas, it's been a while since I ran across anything from general history that's interesting enough to report on here! But I am still using my vintage pamphlet collection. Last week I baked a cake from the Sands, Taylor & Wood Co., aka King Arthur Flour (previously mentioned here), and it was excellent. The first … Continue reading Small Basic Cake (ca. 1937)
Kristen Noble Keegan, Historical Geographer 