Culinary Ephemera: Die Cut, 1991-2001
1.5 Linear Feet (2 small manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box.)
1.5 Linear Feet (2 small manuscript boxes and 1 oversize box.)
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Item [1] promotes Collins Baking Co. Includes two die cut Easter place markers, one with illustration of chicks in a cart hauled by another chick, one with chicks reading a book. No recipes. Damaged: one portion of one die cut missing, one portion detached.
Item [2] promotes Hathaway's Bread. Includes advantages of commercial bread-making over home bread-making; illustrated step-by-step tour of production process for Hathaway's Bread; descriptions of Hathaway's Cream Bread, Hathaway's Fancifrench, Hathaway's Luckiloaf, and Hathaway's Subway Loaf; diecut shaped like a loaf of bread; and illustrations of each loaf and three Hathaway's bakeries in Boston, Cambridge, and Waltham. No recipes.
Item [3] promotes Bond Bread Krums from General Baking Company. Includes advice on the ease, inexpensiveness, and handiness of prepared bread crumbs; recipes for variety of dishes using bread crumbs; diecut shaped like a can of Bond Bread Krums; and illustrations of chef and woman in period dress and serving suggestions. Sample recipe: Bond Krum pancakes.
Item [4] promotes Libby's Evaporated Milk. Includes advice on the advantages of evaporated milk over fresh milk; recipes using evaporated milk in soups, entrees, custards, pies, puddings, cakes, muffins, and candy; information on Libby's Sweetened Condensed Milk; list of Libby's food products; die cut shaped like a can of Libby's Evaporated Milk; and illustrations of product packaging and Libby logo. Sample recipes: deviled macaroni, tapioca cream, and macaroon ice cream. Damaged: pages 15-18 detached.
Item [5] promotes Libby's Evaporated Milk. Item [5] is similar to item [4] but front cover of item [4] has brighter red print and includes "Packed in Humboldt County, Cal."
Item [6] promotes Libby's pumpkin and Nestlé Carnation evaporated milk. Includes two recipes; die cut shaped like a pumpkin; and offer for more recipes from website. Sample recipe: Libby's homemade pumpkin pie.
Item [7] promotes Häagen-Dazs ice cream. Includes offer to join free rewards program by completing survey; die cut shaped like pint of Haagen-Dazs ice cream; and illustrations of man and woman in period dress, product packaging, and serving suggestions. No recipes. 2 copies.