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RETRO COOKBOOKS: Beat it, whip it, cook it and eat it....RETRO STYLE!

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Welcome to my Retro Cookbooks Lens!

This lens features cookbooks with nostalgic recipes for sandwiches, baking, diner style cooking, delicious beverages, beach bashes, barbecues, tiki parties, early American and Civil War era cooking. You will also find drink mixers for making those yummy beverages along with vintage and new cookbook holders, retro-style organizers for your favorite recipes and take-out menus. If you are interested in vintage and antique cookbooks, visit my Vintage Cookbooks Lens where you can easily find cookbooks dated between the 1920's and 1980's along with other vintage kitchen items and children's vintage cookbooks and toys.

For a larger selection of retro cookbooks, visit the cookbook section at Retro Loco!. If you are looking for a retro or vintage cookbook as a gift, may I suggest a vintage apron to go along with the cookbook? My Vintage Aprons lens is LOADED with old kitchen aprons in just about any style or color you can imagine! I hope you enjoy your visit here.

Retro Baking Cookbooks

What better way to start than with desserts? I think dessert should always be eaten first....and last.
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Retro Diner-Style Cookbooks

These are fun books to have on your shelf whether you plan on cooking, or not. These books are not only full of yesterday's recipes, but they have great nostalgic photos and some of them include a little history about America's diners.
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Retro Loco....We're Nuts for Nostalgia!

I have several retro 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.

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Nostalgic Sandwiches Cookbooks

I've been a sandwich fanatic ever since I had my first teeth to chew with! Just looking at the book covers on these cookbooks is enough to send me running to the refrigerator to slap together a big ole Dagwood sandwich!
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A Little History Lesson About Sandwiches

a club sandwichThe first form of sandwich is attributed to the ancient Jewish sage Hillel the Elder, who is said to have put meat from the Paschal lamb and bitter herbs inside matzo (or flat,unleavened bread) during Passover. The filling between the matzos served as a reminder to Israelites of their forced labor constructing Egyptian buildings. For this reason, Romans referred to the meal as a "cibus Hilleli," or Hillel's Snack. [1]

During the Middle Ages, thick slabs of coarse and usually stale bread, called "trenchers", were used as plates. After a meal, the food-soaked trencher was fed to a dog, less fortunate beggars, or eaten by the diner. Trenchers were the harbingers of open-face sandwiches.[2]

In the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and other parts of Europe, meals comprising meat, fruit, cheese, and condiments sandwiched between bread or pastry existed well before the appearance of the word 'sandwich'.

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Retro Kids Cooking

A Fun, Retro Cookbook for Children

Go ahead, play with your food! Take your taste buds on a trip down memory lane-with or without your children-with RETRO KIDS COOKING: TIMELESS RECIPES FOR COOKS OF ALL AGES. Kids love food, and now they can share the fun of cooking with easy-to-prepare, kid-tested recipes from generations of parents and classic cookbooks. From pigs in a blanket to peanut butter finger foods to grilled cheese, it's all about creativity in the kitchen. Fabulous vintage illustrations of kids in the kitchen and classic products combine with 100 recipes, tips, and ideas to bring out the chef in everyone-no matter what age. Mix one part dad, grandma, or big sis with one part little helper, and you have a delicious recipe for great food and great memories.
Retro Kids Cooking (Retro Series)

Retro Kids Cooking (Retro Series)

by: Richard Perry

Amazon Price: $30.50 (as of 02/14/2012)Buy Now

Retro Cookbooks & Cooking Essentials for Kids

Retro Cookbooks, Cookware and Aprons for Kids

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Early American and Civil War Era Recipes

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Looking for Vintage or Antique Cookbooks?

Thank you for visiting!My Vintage Cookbooks Lens features dozens of old and rare cookbooks, categorized by decade dating from the 1920's to the 1980's. Vintage Cookbooks also sells vintage recipe boxes, cookbook easels, old kitchen utensils and even vintage cookbooks, play bake sets and toy stoves for kids!


Vintage Cookbooks has loads of Christmas gift ideas for cooks, chefs, bakers, antiques collectors and children.

Retro (Mostly) Non-Alcoholic Beverages

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Retro Outdoor Cooking, Barbecue and Parties

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Retro Alcoholic Beverages

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Retro-Style Drink Mixers

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Retro Recipe Keepers, Holders and Files

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Cookbook Easels / Holders / Stands

Whatever you choose to call them, they are awfully handy!

I used to get so darned frustrated while trying to hold a cookbook open without getting my greasy fingers on it, mixing something, tending to the stove, tripping over my two cats and trying to breath all at the same time! I finally bought a cookbook holder (the clear, acrylic kind), and now I never have to hold a cookbook, keep one propped open or have to worry about getting it stained with tomato sauce or chocolate. What a Godsend these cookbook holders are! Now if I can just train my cats to stay away from my feet, cooking will be even easier.
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Retro Take-Out Menu Organizers

No time to cook? Use one of these handy organizers to keep up with all your take-out menus. Each organizer has a fun, retro design.
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Take-Out Menu Boxes

Don't feel like cooking tonight? THEN DON'T!!! Tell the ole spouse tonight is take-out night. These boxes have fun retro designs that will hold all your take-out menus keeping them all in one tidy spot to make the mundane chore of deciding what to have for dinner super easy!
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Vintage Cooking Utensils & Kitchen Items

A little box full of vintage kitchen utensils wrapped up in pretty paper makes a very nice gift for someone who enjoys cooking or likes collecting old things.
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Fabric with Retro Cookbooks and Other Fun Designs

Very Retro Loco!

These are not cookbooks, but fabrics with pictures of little retro cookbooks, coffee pots, blenders and other kitchen graphics. These retro fabrics are so cute I HAD to feature them here! If you know me personally, and you are visiting this lens, and would like to give me a Christmas present, this is it....about 10 or 20 yards of any of these fabrics should do....they're adorable!
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Studio Floor 13 is my oddball little art store where I sell weird and retro digital art, humorous designs and holiday art on T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs and gifts.

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Retro Loco!™ is a section in my shop that has all my funky retro designs. After I add a bunch of new designs, Retro Loco!™ will be a separate store later this year. (I can't wait!)

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Retro Loco! We're Nuts for Nostalgia!


Retro Loco!™ sells dozens of retro and nostalgic cookbooks. To visit Retro Loco!™ click on the logo above. Retro Loco!™ also sells retro kitchen appliances and home decor in addition to retro clothing, music, nostalgic candy and much more.

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