1973 Reader’s Digest Secrets of Better Cooking Vintage Illustrated Cookbook
$25.00
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Vintage Cooking / Culinary Reference: Secrets of Better Cooking is an extensive Reader’s Digest cookbook designed to teach both essential kitchen skills and dependable recipes. This substantial 761-page volume covers nutrition, ingredient selection, meal planning, cooking techniques, meat and poultry, vegetables, breads, desserts, entertaining, and economical food preparation.
More than a basic recipe collection, it explains the reasoning behind successful cooking, including how to poach, stew, roast, bake, season, preserve flavor, and select the proper equipment. The book is filled with recipes, practical instructions, colorful food photography, and smaller instructional illustrations. Its distinctly 1970s presentation also gives it excellent vintage kitchen and display appeal.
Published by The Reader’s Digest Association in 1973 and printed in the United States. Hardcover with pictorial boards.
The covers retain attractive color and show moderate shelf wear, including rubbing, scuffing, bumped corners, and wear at the spine ends. The binding has a pronounced internal split/crack where the book naturally opens into two sections, although the pages appear to remain attached. Interior pages are generally clean and highly usable, with light age-related wear. Please review all photographs for the exact condition.
SKU G-14
1973 Reader’s Digest Secrets of Better Cooking Vintage Illustrated Cookbook
$25.00
More than a basic recipe collection, it explains the reasoning behind successful cooking, including how to poach, stew, roast, bake, season, preserve flavor, and select the proper equipment. The book is filled with recipes, practical instructions, colorful food photography, and smaller instructional illustrations. Its distinctly 1970s presentation also gives it excellent vintage kitchen and display appeal.
Published by The Reader’s Digest Association in 1973 and printed in the United States. Hardcover with pictorial boards.
The covers retain attractive color and show moderate shelf wear, including rubbing, scuffing, bumped corners, and wear at the spine ends. The binding has a pronounced internal split/crack where the book naturally opens into two sections, although the pages appear to remain attached. Interior pages are generally clean and highly usable, with light age-related wear. Please review all photographs for the exact condition.
SKU G-14