Favorite Recipes of Indiana 1964 Family Edition Spiral Bound Community Cookbook Hoosier

Favorite Recipes of Indiana is the 1964 Family Edition, a spiral bound collection of recipes sent in by Indiana home cooks and organized by the staff home economist at Favorite Recipes Press.

It opens with a short history of Indiana cooking, then works through appetizers, soups, salads, meats including wild game, vegetables, poultry and seafood, casseroles, breads, foreign favorites, and desserts, with each recipe credited to the woman who sent it.

The white plastic comb lets it lie flat on the counter, which is how a book like this was meant to be used, and a gift inscription in blue ink on the introduction page shows it was given as a present in its own time.

Details

• Item: Vintage spiral bound regional community cookbook
• Title: Favorite Recipes of Indiana
• Author: Compiled, with recipes credited to individual contributors
• Illustrator: Line drawings and a few black and white photographs
• Publisher: Favorite Recipes Press, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky
• Publication Year: 1964
• Edition and Printing: Family Edition, 1964, shown as MCMLXIV on the title page
• Format and Binding: Softcover with a white plastic comb binding
• Dust Jacket: None, issued as a comb bound softcover
• Pages: Text pages run to 184, with the index at 185 and order blanks after it
• Genre: Community cookbook, Indiana regional cooking
• Language: English
• ISBN: None, published before ISBN use
• Dimensions: About 9 x 6 x 0.25 inches

Positives

• Graded Good: The comb binding is intact and the book still opens flat.
• The front cover keeps its color, with the wood toned background and red table setting.
• Recipe sections, the title page, and the contents pages are all present.
• Recipes carry their contributors' names throughout.
• A brief history of Indiana cooking opens the book.

Issues / Wear

• The front cover is creased and scuffed at the corners and along the lower edge.
• The top of the cover has pulled slightly away from the first comb tooth, with a small tear near the binding.
• The back cover is spotted, marked, and soiled from age.
• Pages are tanned and handling wear shows through the text block.
• A gift inscription in blue ink is written on the introduction page.

If you cook from community cookbooks or collect Hoosier kitchen history, this one still lies flat and still carries the names of the cooks who filled it. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good