Cook book?!
Cook book?
I am looking for an old cookbook (1950s?). My mom used it when she was a girl. The front and back cover are now gone as well as the first and last few pages. The ingredients for recipes are listed in red, instructions in black. This seems like a unique feature. There were about 600 pages and I assume it was a soft cover since it was torn off. Any way to find the title of this book so I can search E-bay? She would be so shocked to get a copy that is not all torn and tattered.
Answers:
I'm thinking that it may be Meta Given's "Modern Family Cook Book," published many times but the 1953, 1958, and 1964 editions are 632 pages.
The subtitle is "for daily use in the home ; includes menus for one week in every month of the year, and a simple recipe for every cooked food listed in the menus," so maybe you can use that info to determine whether it's the right one.
You can email some of the booksellers here and inquire about the red/black print: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/searchre...
Good luck! I replaced an old cookbook of my mother's a few years back, but luckily I still had the name of it. Made it a lot easier.
ETA: I just looked on ebay and this auction for a 1961 Book Club Edition said that it has "Unusual recipes (ingredients in red) such as scrambled brains and tripe a la creole." So I think there's a very good possibility that this is the right book! Here's the link to the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?vie...
I think this is the Joy of Cooking
Its called joy of cooking and they sell them at walmart, check it out.The 75th aniversary addition is available now!
I don't think it is The Joy of Cooking, that cookbook is over 1,000 pages long. I had thought it might be a Betty Crocker cookbook (first published in 1950) but the copy I found on amazon.com did not have red-printed ingredient lists and was only about 450 pages.
Do you have any more information on this cookbook? Was it for "American style" cooking? Did it have explanations, or multiple variations on base recipes? Does your mom have a general idea of what it was called? Maybe if some of the recipes have unique names you could try Googling the recipe name and see if it brings back any information.
I'm sorry I wasn't a great help, I hope you are able to find the book.
A Betty Crocker Cookbook?