A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes | 1915 Crisco Cookbook | Antique Promotional Cookbook | Bixley Shop

Published in the early 1900s, A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes was published to introduce Crisco Shortening to the American market. The book features "The Story of Crisco" along with 615 recipes using Crisco, a new and innovative ingredient for cooking and baking.

According to the introduction... "The culinary world is revising its entire cook book on account of the advent of Crisco, a new and altogether different cooking fat. Many wonder that any product could gain the favor of cooking experts so quickly... This was largely because four classes of people -- housewives, chefs, doctors, and dietitians -- were glad to be shown a product which at once would make for more digestible foods, more economical foods, and better tasting foods."

This appears to be the world's introduction to trans fats!

A unique addition to your cookbook collection, or as a gift for anyone interested in the history of food and nutrition.

BIXLEY NOTES
• A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes
• Written by Marion Harris Neil
• Promotional Cookbook for Crisco Shortening
• Published by Crisco, early 1900s
• FIRST EDITION (our guess)
• Black & White illustrations throughout
• 231 page linen hardcover cookbook
• Book measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/8"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In fair condition 
• Binding is tight
• Lots of wear on the covers
• No dust jacket (though we don't know if there ever was one)
• Title page is missing
• Second page is torn in half
• Lots of cooking stains on many of the pages

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