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Item [5] promotes Vegex. Includes images of product packaging; information on history and content of Vegex (known as Marmite in England); serving suggestions for Vegex; miscellaneous recipes using Vegex; advice on use of Vegex, with section for bottle fed babies and recipes for children ages 1-3 years; offer for Eugene Christian's books on weight control; offer to enter Vegex recipe contest; endorsements by "London Lancet" journal, Good Housekeeping Bureau, Dr. F. Gowland Hopkins, Dr. R.H.A. Plimmer, "British Journal of Experimental Pathology", Lewis B. Allyn, director of Westfield Testing & Research Laboratories, and Colonel J. Bruce-Kingsmill, of the III. Division of the British Army; and advertisement for other Vitamin Food Co., Inc. products. Sample recipes: Vegex and near beer, summer jellied eggs, and vegetable soup.

Item [6] promotes Vegex. Item [6] is similar to item [5] but contains slightly different cover design; some differences in details of story of history of Vegex; contains more recipes; does not contain offer for weight control books or recipe contest; and letter from J. Bruce-Kingsmill placed with story of history of Vegex instead of with endorsements.

Item [7] promotes Hellmann's mayonnaise. Includes main dish salad, fruit salad, and sandwich recipes; and images of serving suggestions. Sample recipes: country club salad, Hallowe'en sandwiches, and tartar sauce. Marked: 24271.

Item [8] promotes Hellman's mayonnaise. Item [8] is similar to item [7] but contains different mix of recipes; slight variation in cover design; and contains introduction to brief history of mayonnaise. Damaged: missing pages 17-19 and back cover.

Item [9] promotes Hellmann's mayonnaise. Includes salad, sandwich, and fruit recipes; advice on preparing salads; and list of Blue Ribbon products. Sample recipes: [chicken salad], [macaroni salad], and [banana and egg yolk sandwiches].

Item [10] promotes the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Includes suggestions for giving home-made food as gifts; baked good, candy, preserve, and pickle recipes; and advice for packaging gifts. Sample recipes: honey sugar cookies, Danish Christmas cakes (klejner), and mince meat hermits.

Item [11] promotes Duff's ginger bread mix. Includes baked good, frosting, filling, and dessert sauce recipes tested and approved by Dorothy W. Kirk, food consultant; and advice on baking with ginger bread. Sample recipes: ginger bread turnovers, ginger bread waffles, and banana cream filling.

Item [12] promotes Duff's ginger bread mix. Item [12] is similar to item [11] but contians image on inside front cover of The Ginger Bread Man, trademark of Duff's Molasses; and contains list of Duff's baking mixes.

Item [13] promotes Madonna brand tomato paste. Includes description of tomato paste production; entree, side dish, sauce, soup, bread, salad, baked good, and creole recipes; and notation of product as tested and approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. Some recipes contain wine, beer, or liquor as an ingredient. Sample recipes: chicken marchand de vin; carrot pancakes with Madonna sauce, and cabbage veal rolls in tomato sauce. Damaged: pages 29-32 still attached from printing, pages 33-36 torn.

Item [14] promotes Madonna brand tomato paste. Item [14] is similar to item [13] but contains different cover design with English on front can label and Italian on reverse; contains fewer recipes; and contains images of product packaging.