The Calumet Baking Book
- Staplebound
- Tarrytown, NY: General Foods Corp., 1931
Tarrytown, NY: General Foods Corp., 1931. Staplebound. Blue illustrated wraps. Near fine . 31 pages, 19.5 cm x 12.5 cm. The Calumet Baking Book begins with a letter from the editor of the book, Marion Jane Parker, a General Foods Corporation employee at the time. This letter and the next 5 pages all serve as advertismets for Calument Baking Powder featuring explanations of its double leavening powder and illustrations of the lovely "Patty's Birthday Cake" made with their product. The following 101 recipes (including the aforementioned cake) exemplify to their consumer ways to bake using their product. Crease in front cover, 1 cm tear in back cover, pages extremely clean