Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 1965 Souvenir Edition | Gold 5-Ring Binder with Tabbed Sections

This is the classic gold Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book in its iconic 5-ring binder format—made for real kitchens and real weeknights.

Inside, it’s a bright, practical tour through mid-century home cooking: breads, cookies, desserts, meal-planning helps, and more, with quick charts and tabbed sections designed for grab-and-go use.

This copy is as found and comes with extra recipes tucked into the pages (clippings + handwritten notes), which makes it feel like inheriting someone’s kitchen wisdom.

Ready to cook or display on a warm, nostalgic shelf.

Quick Specs

  • Item Type: Vintage cookbook / 5-ring recipe binder
  • Size: 10 × 8 × 2 in
  • Material: Textured hard cover binder with metal rings; paper pages + tab dividers
  • Color: Metallic gold cover; yellow section tabs; black/red text accents
  • Origin or Maker: Better Homes and Gardens
  • Year or Era: 1965 (Souvenir Edition commemorating sale of 10,000,000 copies—shown on cover)
  • GENRE: Vintage Cookbooks / Homemaking Reference
  • Language / Pages: English / 400 AS FOUND

Design & Features

  • Format: 5-ring binder (easy to flip open flat; add/remove pages)

  • Organization: Tabbed sections (visible examples include Special Helps, Breads, Cakes/Frostings/Fillings, Candy, Canning/Freezing, Desserts, and more)

  • Bonus ephemera: “As found” extra recipes tucked in (handwritten recipe note + clipped recipes/pamphlet pages shown)

Condition Grade: Good

Notes: Used, loved kitchen copy. Cover shows rubbing/scuffs and edge/corner wear. Tabs show wear and a few tears/bends (see photos). Pages show age toning and handling wear; assorted recipe clippings/notes are included as found.

Completeness is not guaranteed (not sure if complete).

  • See all photos for detail—sold as pictured.

This 1965 Better Homes and Gardens Souvenir Edition binder comes with recipe clippings and handwritten notes tucked inside, and it belongs on a mid-century cookbook shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

  • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
  • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
  • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
  • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.

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