Time Life Foods of the World – Recipes: The Cooking of Provincial France This cookbook is from the Time Life Foods of the World Series...

This is an advertisement from June, 1930, for the Campbell Soup Company. The ad features Campbell’s Tomato Soup. "One of the outstanding food products of the world!"

The reverse side features advertising for American Telephone and Telegraph Company. This ad is for one of the subsidiaries – Bell Systems. "It keeps faith with your needs."

The page measures 6 7/8" x 10"...

This is the 22nd Bake-Off cookbook from Pillsbury's annual National Baking Contest...

This is a 1953 cookbook from Pillsbury's 4th Grand National Baking Contest. It includes 100 of the prize-winning recipes.

Some of the recipes include Sesame Circle Cookies, Candy Lasses, Lemon Wonder Cake, Peppy Apple-Cheese Bread, Peanut Butter Bread 'N' Rolls, Marmalade Mince Pie, Toasty Coconut Orange Cake, Brazilian Jubilee Cookies, and more.

The cookbook is in good overall condition. There is surface wear on the binding edge and some minor wear to the edges and corners...

This is a used matchbook cover advertising Quaker Foods by Lee & Cady of Michigan and Ohio.  The other end of the matchbook cover show a family-sized jar of Quaker Coffee.

The matches have been removed. This matchbook is very old; however, I do not have an exact date on it...

If you enjoy cooking fancy foods, then this is the cookbook for you. The cookbook is titled "The New James Beard" by famed James A. Beard. Alfred A. Knoph of New York published the book. It is a First Edition with a 1981 copyright! The nice drawings in the book are by Karl Stuecklen.

James Beard (1903-1985) wrote many books on cooking during his career. He was the first to publish a major cookbook exclusively dedicated to cocktail food...

This is another great vintage book from Better Homes and Gardens. The title of the book is "Birthdays and Family Celebrations." There are dozens of delightful ideas and recipes for family red-letter days . . . birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and more.

The many pictures of simpler times will bring back a sense of nostalgia such as the section for a Teenager’s Soda Fountain Birthday Party...

This is a very nice cookbook titled "The Chinese Cuisine I Love" by Jules J. Bond. Leon Amiel, Publisher, of New York published the cookbook that has a copyright of 1977.

There are some great recipes in this book...

This is a group of four dessert booklets with some great recipes. Food manufacturers used to give these freebies away either by mail or in magazines to entice housewives to try their products.

You will receive the following booklets:

1. "Make Some Happy. Make Someone Jell-O." It has a 1972 copyright. It shows several new and interesting ways to serve Jell-O.

2. "The Little Chocolate Cookbook." No copyright date listed...

This listing is for 12 very small stainless steel forks - perfect for serving horsdoeuvres to your guest. These are unused in their original box and were made in Hong Kong.

These little forks have an off-white colored plastic handle with a pretty gold design embossed the length of the handle. The design in only on one side as shown. Each fork is approximately 4" long.

The top lid to the box shows some wear and fading from age...

This group is a little hodge-podge of recipe booklets I put together - all featuring Chinese and Oriental Cooking. I'll describe them left to right - top to bottom:

(1) Secret of Oriental Cooking - Copyright 1974 by RJR Foods, Inc., better known as Chun King...

This is a nice 1960 issue of Gourmet Magazine. There are short stories and a couple of recipes, Yorkshire Pudding and Old Buckeye Poundcake, that sound perfect for the up-coming holidays.

There are many full page advertisements from different liquor companies including: Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry, Piper-Heidsieck Champagne (see photo), John Jameson Irish Whiskey, Bols Liqueurs, and more.

The magazine is in good condition - inside and out. The outer cover shows some minor wear along the...