RECIPE INDEX

I NEVER did get to see the NSW State Library’s exhibition of old cook books , but noted a similar article in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Goo...


I NEVER did get to see the NSW State Library’s exhibition of old cook books, but noted a similar article in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living section on Tuesday. This was about collectible cook books. I don’t have a mass of cook books because I tend to give them away, or lose them but there are some op shop purchases I do like, if just for the illustrations and typography. The 1956 edition of the Esquire Cook-Book is illustrated by Bill Charmatz. The layout, content and illustrations make it one of my favourites. Two others are American productions, all organised by a kind of telephone index. The index, in each, is not that practical, but I do turn to these books for old “candy” recipes, puddings, sauces, comfort foods and the best flapjacks. The most recent volume – German Cooking – was bought on the weekend, again for the illustrations and typography. It has a recipe for thick gingerbread and another for thin gingerbread. OK, it’s time to break out the lederhosen.

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