Pair of Mid-20th Century American Cookbooks
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This aggregated auction listing is being sold by HiBid in DeKalb, Illinois. The current bid is $5 and 1 bid has been placed. The auction has 19 days remaining. BidProwl's Flip Score puts it at 80/100, which scores well above the median for general surplus.
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C-18859
c. 1940s-1960s; Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. - New York, New York / Grosset & Dunlap - New York, New York Two-volume lot of mid-20th-century American cookbooks reflecting domestic cooking trends from the wartime through postwar period. The group includes The Good Housekeeping Cook Book, a comprehensive household reference emphasizing practical, standardized recipes for everyday cooking, and Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook, revised deluxe edition, offering an expansive alphabetical format with instructional illustrations and broad culinary coverage. Together, these volumes represent the era's shift toward instructional clarity, efficiency, and mass-market home cooking education. Good Housekeeping and the Culinary Arts Institute were influential forces in shaping American ...
