IN 1937, THE MOST AMAZING PERIOD OF MY LIFE STARTED PURELY BY CHANCE.... MARGARET RUDKIN

{HISTORY}

The beginnings of the Pepperidge Farm brand goes all the way back to the 1930s to the kitchen of one woman, Margaret Rudkin (1897-1967), and her quest to create a healthy bread for her son who suffered from allergies. Fast forward 89 years later and Pepperidge Farm is an iconic food brand known around the world.

Named after her family's country farm located in Connecticut, the early years of Margaret's endeavors were wrapped up in bakery products - breads, cakes and European-style cookies to be specific. As is the case with all good foods, once Margaret's baked specialties started circulating in her community, word spread and the Pepperidge Farm bakery took off.

In the early 1960s, Pepperidge Farm was purchased by The Campbell Soup Company and the product line was extended to reflect an array of foods including gift baskets with summer sausage and cheese, Goldfish crackers, and a host of other prepackaged items that became beloved favorites in midcentury kitchens the world over. A few years after Margaret sold her company, she wrote a cookbook - this one, The Margeret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook which tells the enchanting story of her family, their country estate, the recipes that inspired her business, and her love of cooking and preparing a hospitable, health conscious, and interesting table. 

Beautifully enhanced with drawings by prolific children's book illustrator, Erik Blegvad, The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook was the first cookbook to ever make the New York Times Bestseller list, and in keeping with Margaret's original desire to make good food for her family, Margaret's recipes became favorites for readers too. 

In 1971, Margaret published The Pepperidge Farm Baking Book, which was a slim-downed version of baking recipes and excerpts from her original Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook. Compiled in the same way as her first book, The Pepperidge Farm Baking Book contains her signature style of mixing storytelling with baking tips and techniques, includes Eric Blegvad's illustrations in both color and black and white, and features 90 recipes in total. 

Before all the baking begins, Margaret shares the story of how she grew Pepperidge Farm into a business from a simple loaf of bread she made for her family. Armed with that exciting story, bakers are then off and running with bread, dessert, cake and pie recipes to explore. 

Primarily a bread baking book, many interesting recipes can found here including Buttermilk Bread, Coconut Coffee Cake, Chocolate Yeast Cake, Coffee Lace, Cinnamon Apple Loaf, Apricot Peanut Squares, Shaped Batter Rolls, Saffron Buns, Raised Corn Rolls, Apple Danish, Griddle Bread, Chocolate Icebox Cake, Early American Sugar Cookies, Oatmeal Muffins, Gato-Almond Cake, Tomato Cheese Pie, Hot Apple Tarts and Sunday Breakfast Rolls.

Now a hard-to-find cookbook with its original dust jacket included, this Pepperidge Farm Baking Book is the 1980 Edition of the 1975 printing, published by Grosset & Dunlap.

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

• 1980 Edition of 1975 printing
• 150 pages
•  Illustrated throughout by Erik Blegvad

{CONDITION}

In lovely vintage condition, this cookbook is very clean inside and out with no cooking spots, stains or notations. The dust jacket is completely intact with just one small rip on the top edge on the front cover that measures 1/4" inch in length, some slight chippiness to the top edge on the spine, and two fold lines on the interior jacket flap. The spine is tight and all pages are intact. Please see photos.

{SIZE}

Measures 9.25 "inches (length) x 6"inches (width) x .75" inches (thickness) and weighs just over 1 lb.