{"product_id":"detroit-times-vivette-recipes-box","title":"Detroit Times Recipes Vivette Cook Book Metal Binder Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a Detroit Times Recipes red painted metal binder box holding The Detroit Times Cook Book of Vivette Recipes, published by The Detroit Times, 1370 Cass Avenue, with tabbed sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front and back covers look pretty good with some wear, and the piano style hinge opens well. Some pages are yellowed, not all pages are present, and some pages are loose. Sold as is, as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivette is printed as formerly housekeeper for the Edsel Fords, with a call to follow her recipes every day in the Detroit Times. Inside are newspaper recipe clippings, pencil written recipes including icebox rolls and standard rolls, recipes tucked in the back, a dill pickle recipe with peppers taped inside the back cover, a Dodging Calories by Ida Jean Kain insert listing Cherry 8800, and a flour and butter substitution chart on the Breads page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red painted metal recipe binder box with ring bound cook book pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Detroit Times Recipes (embossed cover). The Detroit Times Cook Book of Vivette Recipes (title page)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vivette. The Detroit Times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not confirmed from photos. Vivette portrait page is present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Detroit Times, 1370 Cass Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e No printed date. Likely 1930s or 1940s, estimated from the business phone exchanges in the ads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Embossed DETROIT TIMES RECIPES cover. Tabbed sections including Bread Cookies Doughnuts, Meat Poultry Soups, Desserts Candy Preservation, Mixed Dishes Foreign Cookery, Salads Cocktails Hors d'oeuvre, Eggs Cheese Fish, and Cake Pie Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red painted metal binder box, piano style hinge, three ring binder mechanism, soft pages with index tabs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. Metal binder box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not confirmed from photos. Not all pages are present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre \/ Subject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nonfiction, Detroit newspaper cookbooks: Vivette recipes in a metal binder box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Outside box 9 by 6 by 2 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e The covers look pretty good with some wear, and the binder opens well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe embossed DETROIT TIMES RECIPES lettering stays clear on the red painted metal cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vivette page names her as formerly housekeeper for the Edsel Fords and says to follow her recipes every day in the Detroit Times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTabbed sections and printed recipes remain readable on the pages shown, including Sweetbread Cutlets, Lamb Stew, Shepherd's Pie, Pressed Eggs, and Vivette on Baking a Cake.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Breads page shows a flour and butter substitution chart, and a Dodging Calories by Ida Jean Kain insert lists Cherry 8800.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewspaper recipe clippings are saved inside, including a Pinwheel Meat Loaf clipping.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePencil written recipes appear inside, including icebox rolls and standard rolls on a tabbed page, plus recipes tucked in the back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA dill pickle recipe with peppers is taped inside the back cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot all pages are present. Some pages are loose. Sold as is, as found.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome pages are yellowed, and newspaper clippings show heavy yellowing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe red painted metal shows scuffs, small nicks, paint loss at edges and corners, and wear on the hinge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe back cover shows scratches and paint chips to bare metal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld tape and a strip of red tape appear on the inside back cover around the dill pickle note.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA previous owner's name is written on the front of the title page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more like this in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-cookbooks-and-recipes\"\u003eVintage Cookbook Collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIcebox rolls penciled on an inside tabbed page and a dill pickle recipe taped inside the back cover show a Detroit cook who kept Vivette's recipes close. 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