Try these 1950s vintage recipes

Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Last week a volunteer at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center came into the office with a cookbook in her hand and said "Happy Birthday" as she handed it to me. I was so excited to receive a 1959 copy of the "Praise for the Cook" cookbook, published by the Procter & Gamble Co., promoting their Crisco product. It is a fun cookbook with interesting chapters like savory sauces, feeding the crowd, cookery for men and a great section on junior cookery. I have really enjoyed reading it.

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