VINTAGE COOKBOOKS: Decades of Yummy Nostalgia!
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Yesteryear's recipes are easy to find, and they are just as delicious today as they were 40 or 80 years ago. You can find vintage cookbooks dating as far back as the roaring twenties on this lens to add to your cookbook collection or for a gift. Also included here are children's vintage cookbooks, old cookbook holders/easels and vintage recipe boxes. More cookbooks will be added here soon, dating back to the 1800's.
A cookbook published the same year as a loved one's birth year, anniversary or other memorable year would make a very thoughtful and nostalgic Christmas or birthday gift. A vintage apron would complement a vintage cookbook very nicely as a gift, and you can find dozens of beautiful old and new aprons on my Vintage Aprons lens.
If you are looking for new cookbooks with old-fashioned recipes, you might want to visit my Retro Cookbooks lens, or if you are interested in kitchen gadgets, dishes or anything else vintage, visit my Retro Loco lens or my Retro Loco!™ online store.
I hope you will enjoy looking at all the wonderful old cookbooks here. Please sign the guest book at the bottom of this page if you have any questions, requests or comments.
Vintage 1920's Cookbooks
Fabulous Old Cookbooks
from the Roaring Twenties
Vintage 1930's Cookbooks
Rare and Collectible Cookbooks
from the Thirties
3D Cookbook Vintage Sterling Silver and Enamel Traditional Charm or Pendant
3D Cookbook Vintage Style 925 Sterling Silver and Enamel Traditional Charm or Pendant
Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 05/27/2012)
Product Description: This .925 sterling silver and enamel charm is styled after a vintage cookbook and looks just like the one Grandma used to teach us to cook! Beautifully detailed with hand painted enamel right down to the yellow tabs. A must for the kitchen collector charm bracelet! From our Artisan Charm Collection. Please Note: This is a traditional charm, designed for wear on a chain link charm bracelet or as a pendant on a necklace chain. This charm does NOT fit a cable style European bead charm bracelet. Weight of this charm is 4 grams.
Vintage-Style Kitchen Utensil Jewelry
There are several retro (not vintage) cookbooks for sale on my website. Just go to Retro Loco!™ and you will find a huge array of cookbooks with recipes that have been enjoyed for many generations. Retro Loco!™ also sells retro kitchen decor and appliances, artwork, clocks, furniture, clothing, music and many more retro items. Vintage 1940's Cookbooks
Delicious Dishes from the Forties
Just Like Grandma Used to Make!
Old-Fashioned Recipe for Cream of Tomato Soup
Eating steamy, hot soup on a cool, autumn evening is one of the coziest things I can think of....don't forget the fire in the fireplace, fuzzy socks on your feet, a good movie, a furry cat curled up next to you on the sofa, a warm blanket and a soft pillow to pass out on afterward!
Ingredients:
1 quart tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon soda
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 quart milk
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions:
Stew tomatoes slowly one-half hour then puree the tomatoes. Heat the tomatoes and add the soda. Make a sauce of the butter, flour, and milk. Add seasoning. Mix the sauce with the tomatoes. Serve.
Source: Old-Fashioned Cooking
(My apologies for not providing prep time, quantity or nutritional information. I am displaying the recipe as shown on the website mentioned above.)
Vintage 1950's Cookbooks
Yummy Recipes and Fun Graphics
from the Nifty Fifties
Vintage 1960's Cookbooks
Groovy Dishes from the Sixties
Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
Classic Cookie Recipes from the 60's
Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 05/27/2012)
Book Review:
Here is the complete cooky book-more than 450 recipes, dozens of appetizing full-color photographs, and many how-to-do-it sketches. This treasury of cooky baking embraces all tastes-from the old-fashioned and traditional to the new and sophisticated. Plus a large section devoted entirely to holiday cookies. Fun to use. . .perfect to give.
Here's the classic treasury of cookie baking that so many people grew up with: the beloved 1963 edition of Betty Crocker's Cooky Book, now in a brand-new, authentic facsimile of the original book.
Remember baking cookies with Mom or Grandma when you were a kid? The wonderful smell, the spatulas to lick and, best of all, delicious cookies you'd helped to make yourself? If you grew up baking with Betty Crocker, then you probably had this book, filled with all your favorites-from Chewy Molasses Cookies to Chocolate Crinkles to Toffee Squares and many more!
Now, with this authentic reproduction of the original 1963 edition, you can relive those moments, taste the cookies you grew up with and share them with your loved ones. All the charm of the original and all the great recipes are here. Turn to Betty Crocker's Cooky Book to find:
- An authentic facsimile of the classic 1963 edition packed with all your favorite cookie recipes
- Over 450 recipes, dozens of nostalgic color photographs and charming how-to sketches
- Scrumptious recipes for Holiday Cookies (dozens of Christmas specialties), Family Favorites (for lunchtime, snacktime, anytime), Company Best Cookies (fancy enough for company) and much more
Vintage 1970's Cookbooks
Funky Flavors from the Seventies
Old-Fashioned Corn Bread Recipe
You can't have homemade soup without hot, buttered, homemade cornbread, now can you?
Ingredients:
2 1/2 pints of corn-meal
3 eggs well beaten
1 tbsp. of melted butter
2 tbsp. of sugar
1 quart of sweet milk
1 pint wheat flour
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. cream tartar
salt to taste
Instructions:
Mix ingredients thoroughly and add wheat flour in which soda and cream tartar with a little salt have been mixed. Stir the beaten eggs into the milk, then the other ingredients. Beat well three minutes and bake quickly in shallow pans.
Source: recipeworld.org
(My apologies for not providing prep time, quantity or nutritional information. I am displaying the recipe as shown on the website mentioned above.)
Vintage 1980's Cookbooks
Like! Totally Cool Tastes from the Eighties!
Countdown to Mother's Day
Signed Vintage Cookbooks
Vintage Wood-Covered Cookbooks
Vintage Cookbooks on Amazon
Vintage-Style Cookbook Easels, Holders and Stands
Vintage Recipe Boxes
Vintage Cookie Jars
Vintage Pie Birds
Children's Vintage Cookbooks
Kids' Vintage Baking Sets and Cooking Utensils
Encourage Kids to Cook with Their Own Bakeware!
Fun and Unique Gifts for Children
Dollhouse Miniature Vintage-Style Cookbook
Dollhouse Miniature Vintage Aged Look Cookbook
Amazon Price: $2.99 (as of 05/27/2012)
Product Description: Dollhouse Miniature Vintage Aged Look Cookbook designed for the 1:12 scale miniature setting.
Jr. Chef Retro Box Bakeware Set
Jr Chef Retro Box Bakeware Set
Amazon Price: $20.86 (as of 05/27/2012)
* Set includes 18 essential baking pieces
* Some items include measuring spoons, measuring cup, baking pan, mixing bowl, apron, oven mitt, cookie cutters, rolling pin and more
* The pan is 5 1/2" long, the cutting board is 11 1/2" long, and the rolling pin is 8" long
* Comes in an attractive retro styled box, which is made to look like it was from the 40's
* Items are safe to use with real food
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LilMonkey
May 17, 2012 @ 11:09 pm | delete
- I was surprised to see our Slovak cookbook listed here. We have 2 in our family from my grandmother. I love to find and collect unique vintage cookbooks. Great lens.
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survivoryea
Feb 20, 2012 @ 12:53 pm | delete
- Love to see the vintage cookbooks - I have one passed down in our family and it is quite special! :>)
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alwaysjules Feb 19, 2012 @ 9:20 pm | delete
- Really neat collection of vintage cookbooks. I have one from the thirties called "cooking with cold" for people who were just getting refrigerators!
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rayray131
Feb 16, 2012 @ 8:29 pm | delete
- The older recipes are always the best.
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grnidlady
Dec 15, 2011 @ 4:22 pm | delete
- what a great lens! i love old cookbooks!
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charlino Nov 24, 2011 @ 10:35 pm | delete
- This is a great resource for vintage cookbooks.
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SheilaSchnauzies
Nov 23, 2011 @ 12:03 pm | delete
- My late mom Izzy's recipe cards and notebooks are amongst my most prized possessions. I also collect vintage cookbooks and really loved this lens!!! Fabulous collectibles here!
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theraggededge
Nov 12, 2011 @ 11:08 am | delete
- Great idea for a lens. I remember my mother having a box stuffed with recipe cards. They were well read, as they lived on the breakfast bar... but I don't think she ever made a dish using any of them.
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vallain Oct 31, 2011 @ 4:53 pm | delete
- My mom used the Searchlight cookbook with the black cover. I finally found one like hers at a yard sale. Ah, nostalgia.
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CanadaREVIEW
Oct 24, 2011 @ 11:04 pm | delete
- Fantastic lens! I have recipes from my great-great grandmother that are 120 years old and I have cooked a couple of them! I am so glad you have written this, you have inspired me to post another couple of recipes! I posted one on how to cook bear meat, not like that is common, but it is an old recipe! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
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Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook
Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook (Betty Crocker Books)
Amazon Price: $2.12 (as of 05/27/2012)
Book Description:
Perfect for all kinds of Christmas inspiration, Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook gives you everything you need to make the holiday sparkle-tasty recipes, entertaining essentials, decorating tips, and creative gift-giving ideas. Packed with hundreds of recipes for traditional dishes and creative new flavors, this comprehensive Christmas cookbook is chock full of great ideas.
Special features help you tackle standards like roast turkey, while tips on decorating make the season bright. There is even a complete chapter on edible gifts from cookies and candies to hot chocolate and jam.
Features 250 recipes for appetizers, main dishes, breads, desserts, candies, and more.
Vintage Cookbooks and Advertising Leaflets
Vintage Cookbooks and Advertising Leaflets
Amazon Price: $12.50 (as of 05/27/2012)
Book Description: Colorful and informative, this in-depth pictorial review and price guide includes over 850 color photographs of cookery pamphlets and advertising memorabilia from the 1860s to the 1950s. Through the use of these materials, food companies achieved brand name exposure while providing consumers with new and exciting ways to use their products. Featured in the book are chapters on brand-name foods, wartime-era cookbooks, black memorabilia, highly collectible die-cut books, children's books, and more. In addition, the authors provide helpful suggestions for getting started with your own collection, identifying dates, and caring for these entertaining and delightfully illustrated collectibles. If you've overlooked advertising cookbooks in the past, you'll certainly take a closer look now!
The Keepsake Cookbook: Gathering Delicious Memories One Recipe at a Time
The Keepsake Cookbook: Gathering Delicious Memories One Recipe at a Time
Amazon Price: $9.62 (as of 05/27/2012)
Book Description: A recipe is a snapshot, capturing place, people, and time. In the case of a family's or group's recipes, the written instructions evoke images of celebrations, of family members and friends, of menus and kitchen conversations. And they can come together as an heirloom to be treasured. In The Keepsake Cookbook, cookbook author and storyteller Belinda Hulin provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for collecting both oral and written recipes, as well as photographs and memorabilia-and then for organizing a cookbook and putting it into a format to be used and shared.
In addition, Hulin gives advice on capturing family or group history, gently interviewing relatives and friends, and tapping your own memories in order to enrich the end product. She even includes basic recipe times, tips, and measures to help writers turn casual instructions into fully realized recipes.
