Vintage Cookbooks: American Woman's Cook Book - Culinary Arts Institute and Ruth Berolzheimer
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2024
- In this part of the continuing series of vintage cookbooks in the Cavalcade library, we look at the American Woman's Cook Book. First published in 1938, this iconic cookbook has roots that go back to the 1860's. A publisher in Chicago bought the recipe archives of the Delineator Magazine (New York) which evolved into the basis for the American Woman's Cook Book. The Culinary Arts Institute was a test-kitchen in Chicago where home economists tested recipes for publication, and this was headed by Ruth Berolzheimer. She served as director of the Culinary Arts Institute and editor of the American Woman's Cook Book into the mid-1950's, when she retired and was replaced by Melanie DeProft. In addition to the popular cookbook, Berolzheimer and the Culinary Arts Institute published dozens of small pamphlet-style cookbooks.
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I bought an old copy of that book when I was young (I'm 72 now). Much later I found Volume 2. I collected cookbooks, but found myself coming back to this one. I had great success with all the recipes I tried, and came to trust that book.
BTW, my #1 most trusted cook booklet was the one included with my mother's
Sunbeam stand mixer.
Hi oldladyfromnm! This book has been a companion for many cooks since it came out and the few recipes I have tried from this book all came out well. The Sunbeam Mixmaster book is one of the best!! Thanks!
Yes Please! I’d love to see a vid on everyone of your cookbooks no matter how long it takes!👏🏻THX!
Thanks, SK!
I love these videos! I asked my mom for years for her moms copy of this cookbook and a few years ago she gave it to me. I love it.
Hi Christina - how nice that you have your grandmother and mother's copy of this book - makes it even more special!
I sure enjoy your program-thank you for sharing your recipes, vintage appliances and cookbooks.
You're welcome, Sue! Thanks for watching!
I love cookbooks and reading through them like novels. 😃I'm not familiar with these particular books but I'm happy to learn about them. Always informative, always interesting. Love this series.
Thanks, acaliaaidras! Glad you enjoy the series. I like reading cookbooks, too - such a time capsule of what people were eating.
Loved this episode. I especially love your knowledge that you pass along to us about all of the different cookbooks and their authors. Thanks so much taking the time for us.
My pleasure, Kathleen! Thanks for watching!
Thank you, Kevin. You have such a clear concise way of speaking!
You're welcome, Lisa! Thanks for watching!
Hi, Kevin! That was fun. I have seen the Culinary Arts Institute Cook Books, but I hadn't seen the American Woman's Cook Books. Thanks for sharing them with us. Your library is impressive and it's a joy to see. I can't wait to see the next installment! Have a lovely week, Kevin!
Thank you, Nancy! Glad you're enjoying the cookbook series!
I love this! I have two of these cookbooks that I bought at antique stores over the years. One from 1939 and the other from 1947. I didn’t know anything about Ruth . Thanks Kevin!
You're welcome - glad you enjoyed this episode!
This youtube channel is better than a cookbook because you can listen to the instructions while cooking instead of constantly looking back at a book.
Thanks so much, Mike!
Your cookbook collection brings me to tears 👍♥️♥️♥️
Appreciate you watching, Julia!
Thanks Kevin, so much fun seeing all your vintage cookbooks. Be well. 😊❤
You're welcome, Sharon! Thanks for watching!
Hi Kevin,
I bought about 12 of those of the little booklets in the 90s because they were so cute & colorful. Then I hit the motherlode & bought big version cookbook. I always wondered about the American Culinary Institute. Thanks a million for the info!!! This was a Wonderful educational, entertaining episode.
Hi Sandra - glad you enjoyed the episode! Enjoy your vintage cookbooks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I asked you to do this one and you did! So many of my friends and I grew up with this cookbook at Mom's and Grandma's, enjoying the great color pictures of food, especially the confections. You are a gentleman and a scholar, sir.
You're welcome, Martha! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The photos in this book are just wonderful!
Hi Kevin, hope all is doing well. I love that you’re sharing your collection and knowledge of your cookbooks. I find it so interesting the evolution of the cooking process and selections of foods used in different time periods. Cookbooks really represent the history, fad and lifestyle of that time of publication. Thx again for a great video. ❤😊 Stay blessed
Thank you, Meredith! I agree with you! These cookbooks are like little time machines and you can see what people were eating and how they were cooking during the period of publication. There's a lot to be learned in these wonderful old books!
This cookbook has an interesting history. I really like the cover of the Delineator Cookbook. It has a little art deco vibe to it. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thanks, Donna! Yes, that Delineator Cookbook has a very art deco cover design. Being from 1930 it would have been right in style!
How great to see The Encyclopedia of Cooking in 24 Volumes on your show. My mother only owned 2 cookbooks and this was one of them. And the front cover also fell off. The other was the Searchlight Recipe Book. My sister and I spent most of our time working on the ranch with Dad and never learned to cook but once in a while we’d get out the 2 cookbooks and try to make something usually just a mess. But it was those two books that gave me my love of cookbooks and they are part of my collection now that Mom has passed. I also have my Great Aunts Searchlight that is a much older version of the one Momma had. You really put a smile on my face today thinking about Momma having to clean up the mess my sister and I made trying our hand at Vinegar Taffy or Egg White Cookies in the Searchlight. Thank Kevin!!
Hi cyn3b - I'm so glad the video brought back great memories of your mom! Thanks for sharing them - sounds like you and your sister had a lot of fun trying recipes, even if they didn't always turn out well! That's how we learn things. Thanks so much!
Enjoyed the history of this cookbook collection. The buttermilk and sour cream recipes sound great!
Thanks, NANSC8! Can't wait to make something from the buttermilk and sour cream book!
My mom's favorite cookbook was Westinghouse. She wore that book out. She also had a lot of the little booklets you've shown here. I always enjoyed the Pillsbury bakeoff booklets too.
Thanks, 1corinthians! I plan on doing future episodes on the Westinghouse and Pillsbury cookbooks.
Hi Kevin, Try the Sally Lunn recipe out of American Womans, its fantastic for a quick loaf of bread! I learned something today, I always thought the Culinary Arts Institute was a chefs school.
Thanks, Hans! I'll give that Sally Lunn a try! The Culinary Arts Institute was really just a test kitchen. Something about using the word "Institute" that made it sound more significant. Thanks!
As always a great show
Glad you enjoyed it, Charles! Thanks!
Thanks so much for this episode, Kevin. It brought back fond memories of my mother teaching me how to follow a recipe using this exact book.
You're welcome, marybob! Glad it brought back good memories!
OMG, I inherited an edition identical to the 1944 version from my grandma! I'm so excited to learn more about it 😄
Fun memory: she told me that as a child she used to love looking at all the pastries and candy photos printed on the inside covers 😊
Hi activatedcharcoal - hope you know a little more about your grandma's cookbook! Those photos of the pastries and candies are really beautiful!
Good morning Kevin. Enjoyed the video. Would love to see you make one of the recipes from the Sour crème pamphlet. Have a great day. Cheers.
Hi Charles - yes, I will make some things from the sour cream/buttermilk book - lots of good recipes there! Thanks!
Fascinating iterations. I inherited an AWC from my husband’s GG who started a tea house in California, post depression.
Hi Dolores - nice that you have a copy of this book from the family! Thanks!
Jumped over to eBay and third book in, 😊American Woman’s Food Stretcher cookbook , 1943, with a chapter on “ if you don’t keep a cow” I’ll definitely keep an eye out for these ! Thanks much
You're welcome, Dana!!
I'm so glad you did this videos.☺ I have a whole collection of those little books. I remember being a kid and looking through the candy and the cookie books!🥰
Hi GSM! Those candy and cookie books sure appeal to kids. Such beautiful photos of all those goodies! Thanks!
Thank you so much for the history of this cookbook. My Mother had the 1942 green book. I used to enjoy looking at the colored photos and was impressed with the index tabs.
You're welcome, Bluehill! I always found the photos in this book attractive.
Yes, they were attractive and surprising for 1942!! In the 1970's the supermarkets around here, Grand Union and Central Market (became Price Chopper and Market 32)
had a promotion where every week one could purchase a volume of a cookbook series. My favorite was Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery. There was also a Family Circle cookbook series as well a Good Housekeeping series. We bought a Woman's Day for our older daughter when she married--her daughter asked her if she could have it. In the end we gave our set to our younger daughter and bought another set for our older daughter. We decided we missed the happy memories of Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery and just last year bought another set on Better World Books for ourselves. Thank you for doing all you do for the rest of us to enjoy.
I really admire your penmanship! Palmer? And I have adopted your manner of underlining from right-to-left. Works great - thanks ! 😀
Thanks, KbB! I'll give my third grade teacher all the credit for my penmanship!
Awesome - thanks for the history on thee. I have a large collection, including Cakes and Tortes from 1957, with fabulous drawings by Davi Botts. Cakes and Tortes is apparently much coveted if you go by the prices on eBay, etc. The recipes are Devine and I’ve used this book for years.
Thanks, enheduannapax - The Cakes and Tortes book is a wonderful edition!
I was given a copy as a housewarming gift 7 years ago - a 1988 edition under the name "Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook". Even that printing was edited by Ruth Berolzheimer. It's clearly a reprint of an earlier edition - the pictures & text styles all are of a certain vintage. After looking through it I've decided I need to try some of the recipes!
Hi rmgtnsteele - there are a lot of good recipes in the book. Hope you try a few! Thanks!
My mother was given this cookbook during WWII. It was called The American Woman’s Victory Cookbook. I later learned to cook with this book. If you have a copy make the chocolate drop cookies. My sister received my mom’s book but I have a copy I found at a thrift store. I d have to day that the vegetarian recipes are weird and not something I would ever make. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jamie - yes, there was a wartime edition of this book. I'll have to look at the chocolate drop cookie recipe - sounds great!
Yes, the vegetarian recipes are a bit bizarre. I've made the peanut butter cutlets . . . not too bad, actually.
These talks on classic cookbooks are great. I see you have the 1976 edition of The Settlement Cookbook on the shelf. To me, The Settlement Cookbook is THE classic cookbook. 40 editions, baby! My grandmother's copy was the only cookbook in the house for much of my childhood, and even now I keep multiple editions on my shelves.
Thanks, metabrown! I'll do a future episode on the Settlement Cookbook - another great one!
Great video,as usual! I have the 1953 edition of that cookbook,as well as the 1939 first edition of the United States Regional Cookbook,The Dairy Cookbook from 1941(a replacement copy of my grandmother's cookbook),and the 1966 edition of the Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook.
Hi Brenda - you have some great old cookbooks in your collection!
This is my favorite cook book because it is simple and has solid recipes in it. You can add ingredients and adapt these for today if you like, but the recipes are all from scratch and don’t require a trip to the grocery store to buy multiple ingredients you likely don’t have on hand. I bought my first copy in 1981 near the end of the press run and have bought other copies over the years. Interestingly, the book had a lot of revisions in the early years and I think the versions from 1942 on are better than the earlier ones. The post war editions have additional sections on freezing and pressure cooking. As someone has said, this book is really a design for living. And in terms of layout and photographs, it was a real advancement in its day. BTW my mother has this cook book and that’s how I got interested in it.
Hi Dave! I agree -the recipes are simple and don't require a long list of ingredients. Glad you enjoy this cookbook and use it! Thanks!
Good morning Kevin. Hope all is well with you and yours.
I've never heard of this one.
Hi Peaches! Things are well here - hope all is good in your world! Thanks!!
I don't know if you've made a video on this yet, but you should talk about Mary Margaret McBride's Encyclopedia Of Cooking. If you have it, of course. Some great old-fashioned recipes in there. Also, I learned a lot about Ruth, thanks for the info!
Hi mr.vintage! Yes, I have the Encyclopedia of Cooking by Mary Margaret McBride and perhaps a couple other cookbooks of hers. I will do a future video on it. Thanks!
Hi Kevin! Once again a wonderful video on these beautiful old cookbooks. I was going through all your videos and saw no Detroit Style Pizza . We would love to see you create one since you are a true Detroiter thank you
Thanks, Louis! I've never attempted to make a Detroit style pizza - with so many great pizza places nearby, I never felt compelled to make one. Loui's Pizza and Buddy's Pizza are my two favorites - old school Detroit pizza!
Loved learning about these books! How in the heck did you come across such a vast collection of just the smaller pamphlet-soft cover books? Seems like as a little kid I recall seeing these if not in my mom’s kitchen probably in my grandmothers kitchens! You don’t only have a cookbook collection, more like a cookbook museum!😉
Thanks, Diana! It's amazing what one acquires after 45 years of collecting -LOL! Glad you enjoyed the episode!
We need a library tour!!!
Great idea! I'll do one in the future!
I love these shows! I will have to see if I can grab a copy of this one as it's one I don't have! I do have a Mrs. Rogers New Cook Book from 1902 with a dark green cover, but not this one. I love learning the history behind the cookbooks. Thank you!
Thanks, Veronica! Glad you enjoy this series!
Kevin, I appreciate you covering this line of cookbooks as I never knew it existed. Learned some very interesting things. Please continue the cookbook series. Also, will you be changing the storefronts to Easter? Would love to see an updated video. Hello to Ralph & Mary Anne. Thank you for today's video. God bless.
Hi Sallie! Glad you're enjoying the cookbook series! Yes, a video on the new window displays will go up in two weeks. These are the windows that I put up after taking down the Christmas windows and they will likely still be up at Easter time. Thanks!
Never heard of any of this. Good episode.
Thanks, Cyril!
Very interesting great !! Thamyou
You're welcome, Trudy!
This was a fascinating video!! I sure appreciate your knowledge and insight into the history of these cookbooks. I hadn't made the connection between those pamphlets having been reprints from the cookbooks.
Thanks so much, Beth!
Thanks for the informative video great job 😊
You're welcome, Connie!
Fascinating! I look forward to hopefully seeing some more comfort cooking episodes again. You haven’t made a good old fashioned comfort meal in awhile… pierogies possibly? Thanks for another interesting episode, take care!!!
Thanks, Greg! I believe next week's episode has me cooking. I guess I haven't done pierogi yet - great idea! We're having a warm spell here in Michigan - it's almost 60 degrees today! Keep well and warm!
@@cavalcadeoffood We've been flirting with the mid 50's here in central Minnesota this week, I for one is loving it, but it does worry me in the grand scheme of things. 🌎
Thanks so much for this informative video! I have some of those small pamphlet cookbooks and used to enjoy reading through them for ideas for meals (being "of a certain age"). One thing I disliked was their use of monosodium glutamate as an ingredient! But I did find some great go-to recipes for cakes and desserts in some of those pamphlets. Continue making these types of videos!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video, Claire! I will keep them coming!
Those were the days.....major in chemistry become a magazine editor....Thanks for another informative video. While I'm thinking about it, do you have a copy of the Betty Crocker Cooky Book? That's one I want even if it's a new one.
Thank you, TW! Yes, I'm sure I have a copy of the Cooky Book - I'll have to look in the library. Thanks!
thank you kevin im learning soo much... !!! i think.... maybe my mom had some of those also...but being the youngest...its hard to remenber being that young lololol kepp on truckin !!!!!!
Thank you, Patty! These books were very popular, so your mom might have had one.
Just saw a set of those pamphlet books at a thrift store recently, I didn’t buy them though, I regret it now 😢
I will look for that sour cream and buttermilk cookbook (love those ingredients)!
Hi Grace - these pamphlet books turn up often. I see them all the time. The sour cream and buttermilk book has some wonderful recipes in it! Thanks!
Cindy would have loved a Proffesor like you. Might have paid attention 🎉
LOL - thanks, Jeff!
Kevin, I found a Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking, copyright 1953, from my great aunt. I've really enjoyed reading it. I thought you had showcased this cookbook in your series, but can't seem to locate the video. If you have, can you direct me to the video. Or, if not could you present Meta Given's in a series if you have it in your collection. Thank you.
Hi NANSC8 - I haven't done any Meta Given's cookbooks yet in the series, but they are on the list! Thanks!
Roast squirrels?!?
Could you please do a show on that recipe?
Squirrels are very plentiful in my neighborhood.
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Growing up in rural NC, I can testify that fried squirrel and squirrel dumplings are wonderful, lol
I'm in the southeastern US. People squirrel hunt and eat squirrel.
The older editions of the Joy of Cooking actually had a "wildlife" section, showing you how to prepare all kinds of critters. I always cracked up at the recipe for "Fricassee of Squirrel." 😅 The cookbook even had a graphic diagram to teach you how to cut up a squirrel. That was back in the day when people did some serious hunting to put food on the table.
Last week I took a disturbing stroll down memory lane because my childhood neighbor died. He was 93 years old. Mr. D had a large collection of rabbit hutches that he built on the side of his garage. All the kids in the neighborhood loved to pet and play with the rabbits. Then one day I came home from school... 😮 The rabbits were shrieking and crying! Mr D was killing and butchering all of the rabbits in the backyard and was stocking the freezer. (Time to make hasenpfeffer!) Oh Lord, this was almost 60 years ago but I'll always remember that day until I die.
Thanks for another informative video. Always a joy!
Hi wmalden - likely won't be making roast squirrel anytime soon on Cavalcade of Food, although we've got plenty of them here! LOL!
One of the sections of mine is titled Michigan Dutch. Might be of interest to you.
Thanks - that sounds like an interesting chapter!
Actually mine from 1939 is The Greater American Cookbook. Each section is from a different region of the United States.
Hi Miss Gibbs - I'm going to have to check the library and see if I have a copy of that book. Thanks!
I have two ...I think they are both 1942 but one is a Wartime Edition and dedicated to General Douglas MacArthur
Hi Betty! That wartime edition is a nice one to have - great history!
What's the oldest cookbook in your collection?
Hi PLK - I have a couple books from the 1880's. They would be the oldest ones.