Lovely Vintage First Edition Holiday Baking Cookbook - Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells 1968

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Here is a scrumptious vintage first edition cookbook with holiday baking favorites for all year round. “Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells” by Alma Smith Payne, Published by the World Publishing Company, copyright, 1968. Filled with the most delightful mouthwatering meals and treats, that will make your time in the kitchen so much fun! You will discover recipes from twenty countries, fascinating information on their origins, beliefs and customs makes this book a very special cookbook you will use most throughout the year. The many beautiful black and white illustrations that accompany all these mouth watering recipes are spectacular!

The author loves Holiday time and used to bake with her grandmother since she was a young child. You will discover pastries, cakes, cookies, breakfast, pies and more from Scandinavia, Germany, California, Switzerland, New England, and Vienna for a start. The first chapter begins, “Many women go completely overboard about December entertaining and the preparation of their baked specialties and I am one of them. This book is a delight-guaranteed to make life easier.” Chapters include Early American Customs and Celebrations, Favorite Cakes and Tortes, Christmas Means Cookies, Christmas Legends, Pastry Secrets, Traditional Christmas Menus, Christmas in the White House, Delicacies for Dieters and so much more.

This hardcover book has a wonderful, bright color decorative pictorial cloth boards (the color is even brighter than what shows in the photo). It is 318 pages and is in excellent vintage condition. The corners on the cover are very lightly bumped. The binding is tight, the book look as though it was never used. The pages are nice and clean and bright.

Do not pass up this vintage gem…both the novice cook and the seasoned pastry chef will enjoy this delightful cookbook!

Item ID: BK522