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"By Margaret Sheppard Fidler: Triple Honours Diploma in Domestic Science Formerly Training College Lecturer in Cookery and Dietetics Examiner in Cookery for Matriculation and other bodies Inspector of Housecraft Teaching in Schools Cookery Editor and Expert Housewife"

Yet another discovery/rescue from the dollar shelf of yet another thrift store. Front and spine of a dust jacket, from a 210-page hardback published by Spring Books, London, England. (To see it in better condition, go here .)

Mmm... Synesthesia: It's what's for breakfast. From the September issue of Family Circle magazine.

"...Mildred Bailey's contribution to popular singing is almost immeasurable. Her style, with its warm feeling, its matchless phrasing and its almost unbelievable ease, has become not only a standard in its field but also an inspiration for all the girl singers who have followed in her tonsils' steps..." -- George T. Simon

Wow! My cats always want to use my vanity table before they head out to the big game, too! From the September issue of Family Circle magazine.

I miss the good old days when sofas and airplane seats were interchangeable.

And, for the wrap-up: Swedish Meat Balls, Sherried Eggs With Cheese, Swiss Cheese Fondue, Sour Cream Sauce, Shrimp Pilau, Tomato Orange Soup, Tomato Soup With Wine, Tomato-Cheese Pizza, Tania's Onion Soup, Umberto's Calves' Liver, Various Quick Sandwich Spreads (last and best: Raw Beef ["Cannibal"]), Veal Steak, Veal Scaloppine, Viennese Rice, and Wine Flavored Fish Fillets.

Also included: Potato Pancakes, Pea And Tomato Soup, Potato & Spinach Soup, Poulet Saute' Sec, Raisin Pilau, Rice And Shrimp, Royal Crabmeat, and Roumanian Mushrooms And Sour Cream.

Other recipes include: Lobster Salad, Lobster Newburg, Lobster A La King, Mushrooms And Oysters, New Orleans Crabmeat And Mushrooms, Noodle And Hash Casserole, and New England Corn Fritters. (Apparently somebody on staff got a really good deal on a case of canned lobster.)

Other recipes include: German Pancake, Gourmet Baked Omelet, Gourmet Broiled Spareribs, Hot Lobster Canapes, Herring Salad, Ham With Mustard Cream Sauce, Hamburgers A La Sherry, Hints For Sour Cream Sauces (er...), Ice Cream Toppings ("suggestions," at least. Did anyone ever really think that warm bottled mincemeat would be great on ice cream?), Jenny's Lobster Stew, and Jersey Omelet.

Other "A" and "B" recipes include: A-1 Meat Loaf (does not include steak sauce), Aluminum Foil-Baked Shad Roe, Braised Calf's Liver, Baked Sole, Breaded Lamb Steaks, and Baked Sea Bass In White Wine Sauce. "C" & "D" recipes: Chili Con Carne, Curry Soup, Cornflake Omelet, Caraway Seed Soup, Cream of Shrimp Stew, Chicken Livers In Wine, Corn and Oysters, and Dill Sauce. "E" & "F" recipes: Eggs and Sausage, Eggs Benedict, East Indian Curry Sauce, and Frankfurter Omelet.

"If you're working by day And cooking by night, Or your chores you would keep Both easy and light, If you like to eat well But you cook in a hurry, If you want to relax Without bother or worry, If you yearn to play bridge, Or the weather's too hot; Or you simply don't want To bend over a pot, You'll find that this book With occasional rhyme, Will make cooking pleasant, And help you save time! -- The Editor" Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York.

Geez... you could probably combine six modern-day bars to make one bar in that six pack. From the February issue of Family Circle magazine.

Yeah, no martinis, no stogies, and nobody trying to pinch Miss United's butt. Either she's dreaming or those "V.I.P.'s" are fugitives from a wax museum. From the November issue of Sunset magazine.

Marian McPartland - Piano Dave Bailey - Drums Ralph Dorsey - Conga Drum Bob Crowder - Tambourine "This album is quite different from anything that I have ever recorded. One of the interesting and unusual features is the addition of the conga drum and tambourine to my regular group. We have been playing the Bossa Nova since Dave Bailey joined the trio several months ago and demonstrated this new rhythm that he and Ben Tucker had heard while on tour earlier this year..."

Whoa. That mouth. Did she use lipstick, or a bicycle pump? From the September issue of Household magazine.

My local convenience store only sells the red and blue flavored slush. Bah! From Gourmet magazine.

"...They say that Venus de Milo Was noted for her charms. Strictly between us I'm much finer than Venus And what's more, I've got arms..."