03.19.08

betty crocker & charley harper

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This is so exciting. I was browsing ebay last week and got bored with looking at vintage cookbooks, so I typed in one of my favorite illustrators, Charley Harper, and what do you know but a cookbook was at the top of the list. Apparently Betty Crocker’s Dinner for Two was one of his first jobs way back in 1959. The illustration on the title page is the best, but there lots super fun ones scattered about in the pages. Not only is it full of one of the amazing illustrations, but it has some pretty good recipes too.

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  1. r kelly March 26th, 2008 2:10 pm

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  2. charlie harper April 22nd, 2008 8:11 pm

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