Cookbook, New Zealand Cookery Book
Maker
Truth Limited
Production date
Circa 1940
Current rights
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Description
The title page reads 'over 600 specially selected Prize Recipes'. The Publishers acknowledge the Health Department for their cooperation in putting together sections on food value and vitamin selection. The book contains 174 pages. Its index lists a wide range of recipes in step-by-step fashion. Pages 129-134 feature a special section on New Zealand food. The jams and jellies section give a timetable for jam making. There is a section on chocolate making, beverages, economical cooking as well as sections on invalid and diabetic cookery. School lunches, a slimming diet, curing of meats. pickling, ice cream making and household hints and stain removal are also featured. The colourful cover is on a black background. Illustrations and advertisements are black and white. There are interspersed amongst the pages of the cook book handwritten favourite recipes as well as a flyer for 'Petes' Pastry and Cake Mix.
Maker
Truth Limited
Production date
Circa 1940
Production place
Wellington, New Zealand
Measurements
215mm (height), 145mm (width), 10mm (depth)
Accession number
0220/11
Current rights