Families share the day's experiences and adventures around the family board, where the spirit, as well as the body, gains sustenance... (from the Preface)

{HISTORY}

Ladies' Home Journal, the magazine, has been around in print form since the late 1800's when it started out as a newspaper supplement. Growing into magazine form, it eventually reached subscribership numbers in the millions and became a trusted resource for women on a variety of domestic issues. Their first cookbook, this cookbook, was printed in 1960 and contains over 700 pages of recipes, menu ideas, cooking information, kitchen design inspiration, equipment lists, presentation suggestions and etiquette advice.

Considered one of the classics of kitchen cookbooks along with Betty Crocker and Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal offered a one-stop place for home cooks that covered all culinary information for all meals of the day from breakfast, lunch and dinner to party planning, holiday meals and special dietary considerations, no matter what the size of your family, the shape of your kitchen or the budget you were working with. Within these pages is a little something for everyone. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- Contains 2,500 recipes

- Stated first edition 

- Illustrated throughout with color photography and decorated endpapers

- Detailed Index

- Fun chapters include Your Kitchen and You (great retro kitchen layout photos and design advice!), Menus and Manners (party planning tips and tricks) and Game for Gourmets (rabbit, venison and game bird recipes)

{CONDITION}

Very clean condition with bright pages and a tight spine. The front endpaper has started to pull away from the spine at the top quarter of the page. some very mild staining to back cover board. Please see photos. 

{SIZE}

Measures 7.25" inches (width) x 10.25" inches (length) x 1.5" inches (depth).

{WHY IT'S PERFECT}

These are the cookbooks wrapped up in your family's nostalgia of delicious meals served way-back-when. These were the instruction guides that taught the cooks who then taught you how to cook. Everybody learned from them and now you can too!