Start the day with a song and a good breakfast and nothing will go wrong - or should we say, more things will go right. From the Breakfast chapter

{HISTORY}

Containing over 1200 recipes broken down into four meal categories: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks (aka The Fourth Meal) Betty Croker came up with this cookbook in answer to a need for fast, nutritious meals for busy midcentury families. This cookbook contains many universally loved from-scratch recipes that Betty Crocker made famous previously, as well as easy shortcut recipes that utilize some quick-cook methods and canned ingredients - conveniences that were very much the novelty in the 1960's.

What really makes this cookbook unique is the final chapter - the Fourth Meal which offers an array of quirky creative desserts and snacks that sing of midcentury ingenuity. 

This is the first edition, second printing of the 1962 version. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- 192 pages including detailed index

- Illustrated with color photographs and retro illustrations throughout

- Wide format, spiral bound style

- Includes a bevy of charts on herb pairings, meat carving techniques, temperature and cooking times, etc. 

{CONDITION}

Fully intact with easy-to-turn pages and a tight spiral bind, this book is in great vintage shape. There are few random cooking stains on a couple of pages and the cover board edges have a few light rub marks but otherwise, this cookbook is clean and bright.

{SIZE]

Measures 8.5" inches (width) x 10.25" inches (length) x .75" inches (depth)

{WHY IT IS ESPECIALLY MARVELOUS}

 Because it includes many quirky recipes with names like Traffic Light Cookies, Lollipopcorn Balls, Singed Angel Wings, Subgum and Topsy-Turvey Beef Pie, along with many beloved family recipes that have been passed down for generations like Fresh Berry Pie, Snickerdoodles, Dinner Biscuits, Favorite Meatloaf and a bevy of canapes and dips.