Come into the Kitchen, 1930?

This cookbooklet was, as they say, well-loved, and my copy is missing its cover; this cover is from the American version rather than the Canadian one I have. (Mine only features testimonials from ladies in Canada.) (You can get the American version free at http://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/sliker/msuspcsbs_lydi_lydiaepink20/msuspcsbs_lydi_lydiaepink20.pdf !)

I enjoyed the 1920s-style portrayals of life in North America. I date it by the fact that they spoke of how a survey was made in 1929 that proved it was a wonderful product to a lot of people; the introductory remarks below sound like the nice illustrations were consciously retro even in those days.

 

 

The below comments about the dooms of not taking this "compound" are quite alarming to the poor consumer. Were many girls unable to attend school regularly??

 I used to enjoy a bar-cookie-type dessert like this when I was a child, quite possibly made by my great-grandmother; I should try this or a similar recipe...

Generous hospitality

Patrick Leigh Fermor in his Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, 1958:

A glass [is] put between his fingers and a slice of roast lamb offered on a fork or a broad leaf...[There is a] remarkable...individual care of [visitors]....It is the dislocation of an entire household at a moment's notice that arouses astonishment. All is performed with simplicity and lack of fuss and prompted by a kindness so unfeigned that it invests the most ramshackle hut with magnificence and style.

 A picture of one of the remarkable settlements in the same region, from a Greek travel site, thegreektravel.com (note I've never used their services):

Best Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, 1931.

This is so lovely, including some lovely stories and cultural references...

 the back cover...

We still get Baker's chocolate in the USA, but not in all these varieties, nor with such charming illustrations....

A wonderful harvest-time idea from Europe

I'm told there is a tradition in the Italian Alps (though hmm it also sounds very German) called Torgellen where people walk to various cooperating farms and wineries to enjoy the harvest -- that sounds like an interesting way to celebrate harvest time....If anyone knows about it, it would be nice to hear....