Woman’s Home Companion
January 9, 2014
Just need to shoot something quick today, this has been staring at me for a few days. There are many new cookbooks in the house since Christmas. My wife is a great cook and Danny got her some new book as gifts. This one showed up a few days later after a visit to my wife’s Grandmother’s house. Something about it just screams wrong to me. It was published in 1942, it is dated beyond it’s years, held together by tape older than me and the photos inside are baffling. They are few and far between, many in black and white, yet some in color. Some not even in focus, and some where I might consider making the meal, but then you went and showed me what it looks like and now I will pass. In contrast we got a Gordon Ramsey book, his book is almost a photography book that happens to have blurbs about food. Full page photos, every page, small text, it is all about the image. Interesting on the difference in marketing. One is a practical guide or manual for a woman “doing her job”, the other is a show to tease your senses. Here are some of the best shots in the old book. My favorite is the Black and White Fricasseed Chicken that looks like crap, and the Pastry Supper Loaf.
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