By The Women of General Foods Kitchens (1959)
[FROM THE FORWORD] This is a cookbook designed to help you in the hundreds of everyday and special situations that call for the planning, preparing, and serving of food. It describes those situations as well as the food, so that you are offered specific suggestions for what and how to serve when somebody's going to be late of dinner, or an unexpected guest turns up, or you're the committee chairman for the annual church supper, or hostess at an outdoor barbecue.
It's designed so you can read along in the "story' while keeping an eye on the menus and recipes each situation suggests. Or you can study the recipes, and find nearby a description of the the time and place they can be most useful to you.
[FROM BOOKLADY COOKS] While we have no desire to live the life of a 1950's housewife -- we love having the choice to hold any job we like, have a checking account and own property in our own names, we love reading about the food, the menus and the stories. The illustrations are so much fun, too -- while the recipes might be the same ones in a contemporary cookbook, the presentations scream Midcentury Modern!
How about this "Elegant Buffet for Twelve?"
Ruby Consommé
Glazed Caviar and Cream Cheese Canapés
Decorate Baked Ham Beef Strogonoff
Sweet Potato Rosettes in Orange Cups
Green Beans and Celery
Savory Browned Rice
Watermelon Pickles Celery Hearts
Artichoke Salad
Hot Rolls
Cherries Jubilee with Ice Cream
Mint Patties Salted Nuts
Demitasse
VINTAGE HARDCOVER - GOOD CONDITION - some wear on the cover.