A vintage cookbook, published in 1920, offering recipes for a variety of dishes, ranging from breads, meats, vegetables, edible weeds, sandwiches, desserts, frozen desserts, cookies, etc. With sections on the chemistry of food and cookery, the art of combining foods, foods for different seasons and children's meals. Author Ida C. Bailey Allen was a noted American author, focusing on cooking and food, being one of the most popular and prolific authors in cooking in the early 20th century. Mrs. Allen was at one time Home Economics Editor of “Good Housekeeping”, “Pictorial Review” and “Woman’s World”. She was also president and founder of the National Radio Home-Makers Club, and thousands of radio listeners annually visited her “modern home atop 400 Madison Avenue, New York City,” where they could watch her staff of dietitians in their “never ending task of developing and testing new recipes for cooking.”

GOOD vintage condition. Covers faded, with minor to moderate soiling and a few minor stains to the covers. Some scuffing. Hardcover, 756 pp., plus ads. Several black and white photo plates throughout.