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(More customer reviews)I am surprised at how much I love this book! I would call it a compendium of social, industrial, culinary, agricultural, USAmerican women's history. And yet there's nothing pretentious about it-- it's homey, in fact, and quite usable for a cookbook with such a theme. Crumpacker pulls off quite a feat: updating old-fashioned American recipes without making kitsch of them, which other similar books do. I recommend this book to everyone interested in cooking and the many contexts in which recipes are invented, reproduced, and prepared, and I plan to give a copy to all my foody friends!
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For years, Bunny Crumpacker has been collecting recipe pamphlets by such classic American food companies as Carnation, Hershey's, and Gold Medal Flour. With dishes ranging from Bubbly Cinnamon Toast to Frank Sinatra's Mother's Spaghetti and Meatballs, this delightful, nostalgia-rich collection harkens back to an era when families at all their meals together and homely comfort food reigned supreme.
