1940 The Household Searchlight Recipe Book Vintage Cookbook Household Magazine

Vintage 1940 edition of The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, published by The Household Magazine in Topeka, Kansas. This comprehensive culinary guide features a black textured hardcover with an embossed copper-tone house motif and title. The interior is organized with a convenient thumb-index tab system covering everything from appetizers and beverages to meats and frozen desserts. A charming piece of Americana, this thirteenth printing includes revised and enlarged content, reflecting the domestic arts of the pre-war era. It contains various clipped newspaper recipes tucked between pages, adding a personal historical touch to this classic kitchen reference. NOTE: Some browning from cutting out recipes on acid-base paper - and inside cover exposure to liquid at some point. It carries an old-book smell - while not overpowering for me, a sensitive nose may disagree.