This charming vintage cookbook published in 1917 reads like a novel as it follows Bettina and Bob, a pair of fictional newlyweds, through their first year of marriage as Bettina prepares their first real dinner as a married couple, Sunday evening tea, a rainy night meal, holiday festivities and much more. Menus for all occasions are seasoned with anecdotes about family life, friendships, household hints, and budgetary concerns. This volume offers a delightful look at homemaking before the advent of time-saving appliances and fast food, as well as the modern reality of women's work outside the home. Unintentionally funny and historically revealing, this volume contains lovely illustrations and a variety of vintage recipes, some of which have stood the test of time.

This rare first edition is in very good vintage condition. The pages are clean and intact, though slightly darkened from age. Very slight wear on corners of cover.