It is a working cookbook that gathers together more than 500 mouth-watering recipes, from soup to nuts. It is also an intimate autobiography of a charming and adventuresome woman whose enthsiasm has given her the vitality to rear 3 children, manage 3 homes and develop a mulitmillion dollar business. .....and finally, it is a valuable treasury of early recipes from Mrs. Rudkins fabulous collection of antique cookbooks which she has updated with her own modern present-day ready to use translations. It was the first cookbook ever to make the bestseller list of The New York Times.

    The contents include: Freezing Foods at Home; Fruits and Vegetables; Meat, Poultry, Fish and Game; Dairy Foods and Eggs; Homemade Breads; Cakes, Cookies and Pies; Main Dishes; Soups, Salads and Sandwiches; Preserving Food Safety; Fruits, Fruit Juices and Tomatoes; Peak-of-the-Season Vegetables; Meat, Poultry and Game; Pickles, Vegetable Relishes and Sauerkraut; Fruit Pickles, Relishes, Ketchups and Chutneys; Jams, Jellies and Other Spreads; Curing Meat, Poultry, Fish.

    Dark green, blue, red, or bright yellow washable cover with four round food photos making up the letters in cook book; contents of all books, no matter the cover color are identical. Inside front cover has illustrations of spices and their origins. Excellent thick and thorough, heirloom quality cookbook. This was reprinted many times, cover colors may vary, but the contents are the same whether you need the 1st printing or the 21st printing.

    -Over one thousand recipes, tested and retested in the McCall's kitchens.-The full-color McCall's Cooking School of America's favorite dishes.-A large selection of international cooking.-Step-by-step instructions for recipes.-Hints on the cooking techniques of the experts.-Meat and vegetable charts.-Menus for entertaining.-Suggestions for planning balanced meals.-Hundreds of illustrations of foods and techniques.-And much more.

    

    Among the special features of this new edition are a complete section of delicious low-calorie dishes for dieters; a chart of herbs & spices, & how to use them to turn everyday dishes into meals to remember; dozens of gourmet dishes & foreign treats simplified for home preparation; a complete section of 179 recipes from Susan, the teenage cook, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that make cooking simple & assured for cooks of all ages; & hundreds of the most popular recipes from Good Housekeeping never before published in book form.