Which Vintage Cookbook Should Be Up Next?

Plus, Streep and Short, and Women of the Hour.

Last week, we dug into one of my vintage cookbooks and took a look at a menu that, in retrospect, was probably for a swingers’ brunch. Today, I’m asking you to enable me to expand my collection. After spending a truly bonkers amount of time on Etsy’s selection of vintage cookbooks, I’ve narrowed down my next potential purchase to five items. I’m going to put this choice up to a vote and whichever one wins, I’ll buy and explore for my fellow Broads. Democracy in action!! I selected each of these options using just two guidelines: (a) the book seems like it might amuse us, and (b) it costs $50 or less. ¹

Please behold our options:

1. The Glamour Magazine After Five Cookbook by Beverly Pepper. This 1952 cookbook was designed for “the working girl, the busy housewife, and the harassed but hungry bachelor,” and really appears to go the extra mile for these exasperated cooks, giving the reader literal shopping lists and menus for EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR. I am generally delighted by a menu! Tell me…