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  • May include: Vintage cookbook titled "Elegant Desserts" with a cover showing illustrations of various desserts on silver platters. The cover has a gold banner with the title in script and the text "220 deliciously distinctive desserts".
  • May include: An open vintage cookbook with the title "Elegant Desserts" and a contents list. The pages feature green and black illustrations of peacocks and whimsical figures, with text in a classic font.
  • May include: A vintage cookbook open at a recipe for Dobos Torte, with illustrations of women in dresses. The pages are yellowed, and the illustrations are in pink and black. A hand holds the book open, showing the recipe.
  • May include: An open vintage cookbook showing recipes for coffee crisps, ladyfingers, and pies. The pages have illustrations and text, with the title "Pastry & Pies". A hand is holding the book open.
  • May include: A vintage cookbook cover showing an assortment of desserts on a dark blue tablecloth. Rolled crepes are on a silver platter. Cakes and tarts are also visible. The image has a retro style.
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Vintage Elegant Desserts cookbook - The Culinary Institute - 1955

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  • Materials: paper
  • Vintage: From the 1950s
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“I had a copy of this as a child. So happy to find it again!”

Julie

30 Oct, 2024

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Price:£7.50

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May include: Vintage cookbook titled "Elegant Desserts" with a cover showing illustrations of various desserts on silver platters. The cover has a gold banner with the title in script and the text "220 deliciously distinctive desserts".

This midcentury dessert cookbook comes with beautiful, whimsical two-tone illustrations for a variety of recipes, ranging from cakes, cookies, frosting, custards, and much more. It would make a lovely addition to your vintage cookbook collection, or for decoupage.

Softcover, 68 pages.
Published by The Culinary Institute, 1955
Condition: Good vintage condition. Front cover has diagonal folds on top and bottom corners. Also, part of the top right hand corner is missing (see 1st photo). Wear around the spine. Pages are clean, free of markings, no folds or rips.

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    HuntandPick
  • Era
    Vintage from the 1950s
  • Materials
    paper

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