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The afterlife of a 1950’s cookbook In the past few months, I have grown so close to my 1950’s Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I have poured over its pages, inhaled its scents, and leafed through its tattered pages, all while consuming the messages hidden within. This cookbook has taken on an entirely new life … Read more

When I think of cook books, I think of pages full of recipes and pictures of delicious meals that make my mouth water. These photos of food look so appetizing, I just have to make them so I can give them a taste. Of course, photographs of food in modern cook books are gussied up … Read more

Cook books are interesting to me because they are meant to be used, not just as reading material, but as a guidebook on how to make something. Therefore, the way a cookbook is put together and laid out has to be practical. The expectation is that someone who is cooking from the book should be … Read more