A few months ago, I conducted a vote to determine which vintage cookbook I should buy off Etsy and explore for our entertainment. The winner was Lovers, which we will tackle at a later date. Spoiler: The best part about it is its (AMAZING) cover and also the author is OBSESSED with French dressing. Thanks to a variety of delightful developments — including donations from the collections of a few generous Broads! — I actually ended up with several of those books.
Second place to Lovers was Betty Crocker’s Party Book, about which I said, “I’m tempted to buy this no matter what you tell me to do.” This is exactly what I did. Broads, it is CHARMING. It is one of the cutest cookbooks I’ve ever seen.
Betty Crocker’s Party Book was published by Golden Press, also the publisher of Little Golden Books, and you can tell. The illustrators are Anne and Harlow Rockwell, who nailed it; the draw…