[identity profile] anitakay.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] vintage_recipes
I found a card for three free books at one of my local used bookstores. It happens to be the same bookstore that I purchase all of my vintage cookbooks from. I went there with this card and found a wonderful little gem from 1959 called Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining: How to Have Guests--and Enjoy Them. I also got a first edition of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson. It was really interesting to read them pretty much back to back; one provides standards for women and the other for men. I'm sure that I could do an interesting comparative essay on the two. I am planning on going to graduate school this fall for Public History; I've written in my SOP that my topic of interest is food history, particularly how the lives of women changed, or didn't with the introduction of new food technologies (my influence is the ever popular jelled salad).



Well, since this is a community dedicated to recipes, I will give you some scans of Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining Note that they are not of recipes. Most of the book is a guide to etiquette for hosting parties, whether they are banquets, stag parties, lunches, or dinners. I am hoping to scan in some recipes later. For now I will give you the the basics on how to plan your party.















I also found a clipping from a newspaper inside of the cookbook for chickpea dip. I leave you with that.


Date: 2009-02-17 03:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] -same-old-song-.livejournal.com
How cool, a recipe for what looks seems to be hummus. And the scanned photos are great.

Date: 2009-02-17 08:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chr1st1an.livejournal.com
Oh how I love that late 50's illustration! Thanks for posting this.

Date: 2009-02-17 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soralunii.livejournal.com
great post

Date: 2009-02-17 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misstiajournal.livejournal.com
thank you for posting!!! what a great book!

Date: 2009-02-18 12:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] outsdr.livejournal.com
This is beautiful! Does it really have guidelines for stag parties?!

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