Title:
The vintage baker : more than 50 recipes from butterscotch pecan curls to sour cream jumbles / Jessie Sheehan ; photographs by Alice Gao.
ISBN:
9781452163871
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Publication Information:
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018]
Physical Description:
176 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Sweet & savory morning treats -- Cookies -- Pies -- Cakes -- Refrigerator desserts -- Confections.
Summary:
This keepsake cookbook features fetching retro patterns and illustrations, luscious photography, an embossed foil cover, and--surprise!--a tiny, vintage-style, booklet inside. Blue-ribbon recipes inspired by baking pamphlets from the 1920s to the 1960s are rendered with irresistible charm for modern tastes in this sweet package. Here are more than 50 cookies, pies, cakes, bars, and more, plus informative headnotes detailing the origins of each recipe and how they were tweaked into deliciousness. For home bakers, collectors of vintage cookbooks or kitchenware--really, anyone who loves beautiful, quirky gifts--this is a gem.
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OCLC Number:
ocn989519809
Availability:
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