From Favorite Recipes Press, Louisville, Kentucky. Lots of creative ideas here, folks, though in some cases you might want to use the...

A classic tome from the period, packed with recipes for cooking an endless array of mains with condensed Campbell's soups. I've...

This cookbook is a bit outside my usual "period" (1945-1965) but I like it for it's homegrown appeal and for author Betty Ramsey's down...

Good Housekeeping's Appetizer Book, 1958 A little bit of zany, a whole lot of imagination! Recipes galore here you can follow as-is, or...

This cookbooklet is dear to my heart. It's undated but I'd put it at 1960. It's got plenty of mid-century classic recipes and more. One...

The beauty of tuna salad is its flexibility. Have fun with it! This one has a tangy personality that will keep you coming back for more....

Festive Foods For Family Fun: Fun to Fix and Fun to Feast, Wisconsin Gas Company, 1966 For Finer Family Living . . . Gas Makes the Big...

Festive Foods for Four Seasons, Milwaukee Gas Light Company, 1964 It IS a festive little cookbooklet. What it really has going for it are...

From The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook, 1959.

The Halloween Chapter! In my vintage cookbook collection, Halloween is a holiday most books give short shrift to. But not this one!...

Full Title: The Big Spread—An Encyclopedia of Hors d'Oeuvres and Canapes, 1953 by Ruth Chier Rosen This dude wants the spread. It comes...

First things first! From the foreword of my new cookbook: "I’m a guy that’s fascinated by home cooking, its techniques, and its customs....

Stuffed Rolls, Firecracker Style! From The Illustrated Good Housekeeping Encyclopedic Cookbook 3, 1965 Crab-Meat Filling: 1 6 1/2-oz. can...