Vintage cook books booklets Sealtest Moffat Ideals Chatelaine 1937 2004

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1 Moffat Cook Book, came with the purchase of a new range. Spiral bound, 115 pages, circa 1950s, binding is intact, no loose pages, no writing, couple of creases to the front cover

2 Food a la Canadienne, 1967 Department of Agriculture,  96 pages, spiral bound, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing, covers both front and back show shelf wear

3 Chatelaine presents 401 tested recipes, 1956, stapled booklet, 116 pages, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing, covers show edge wear

4 The Heritage Collection of Home tested Recipes, 1968, 363 treasured family favorites, stapled booklet, 96 pages, clean, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing

5 25th Anniversary Recipe Collection, Ontario Greenhouse Vegetables, spiral bound 64 pages, not dated circa 1992, clean bright, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing

6 From Our Kitchen to Yours, Alderwood Presbyterian Church Women’s Association, Alderwood, Ontario, spiral bound 56 pages, information added to the end of the book is dated 1957. binding is intact, covers are stained and show shelf wear, interior pages are clear, legible and intact

7 The Gateway Gourmet, January 2004, spiral bound, 56 pages, binding is intact with no loose pages, clean,

8 Metropolitan Cook book, 56 pages, (Imperial measures) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Canadian Head office, Ottawa, The booklet is not dated but refers to the use of food stamps as a measure of “rationing supplies” to ensure quantities for our army, allies, etc. circa 1939-1945, binding is intact with no loose pages, interior is clean and legible.  Bottom corner of binding seam has small tear

9 Through the Kitchen Door, Ideals, 1966, stapled booklet, previous owner name inside front cover, some edge staining along a few pages, all text is legible, binding is intact with no loose pages.

10 641 TESTED RECIPES BOOK SEALTEST KITCHENS 1954 The Sealtest Kitchens are far more than a laboratory. They are actually a series of individual kitchen units duplicating conditions as found in the modern American home. Every recipe has been developed, tested, and perfected under these home conditions. NO WRITING, BINDING IS INTACT, THERE IS A 3/4; HORIZONTAL TEAR IN THE FRONT COVER, EDGE WEAR BUT NOT WORN THROUGH AND A 1 CREASE ON THE BOTTOM CORNER

11 VINTAGE MEALS GO MODERN ELECTRICALLY COOKBOOK, YEAR: 1937, 4TH EDITION, The book indicates on the copyright page that it is sponsored by the Edison Electric Institute, printed in the USA.  EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK:

COUNT YOUR SAVINGS This is a get-together of good cooks, so let’s go right into the kitchen. … My, that’s a grand-looking electric range you have! You say it acts even grander than it looks? Yes, of course. You’ve placed it exactly where it belongs, close to the door that leads to the dining room table. And don’t you find you save endless footwork, having plenty of space or mixing and measuring handy to your electric refrigerator  One glance at your kitchen, with its perfect planning and equipment, tells all: you have modern ideas about meal-making-you insist on preparing the best. tasting food with the least stress and strain: CAN YOU RESIST THE NEW TECHNIQUE? ” You undoubtedly discovered, the first time you used your electric range, that you didn’t have to “learn to cook all over again.” If you’re wedded to your own ways, you needn’t change a,one of them but you know you can’t resist hearing about the dozens of do’s and don’ts which we’ve collected from hundreds of famous food experts. Some of them are time-savers. Some are money-savers. Some failure savers. We’re presenting them under a heading they deserve-The New Technique in Cookery. We’re presenting them to you because now, with your modern electric equipment, you can take advantage of every single one of these modern methods. You can make and bake cakes and pies as easily and as accurately as the specialists who’ve devoted years of study to baking problems. You can upset tradition, as so many meat authorities have done, and forget your…

CONDITION: BINDING STAPLES ARE INTACT BUT THE COVER HAS SEPARATED FROM THE BOOK AND IS SPLIT IN TWO (FRONT AND BACK

12 Recipe Finder book vintage compliments of the Cook Book Guild

This unpaginated book, Blank pages for recipes and divider tabs is a place to record the source and comments about your favorite recipes.

13 Fine Art of Garnishing, Crowley, Jerry, book 1978 – this printing 1982, 104 pages

From radish roses to watermelon whales, how to and the utensils required.From the ingenuity of his brain and the magic of his hands came creations that would have tempted the most jaded appetites.