1940 - compiled by women's club and includes ads for dairy/milk. Interesting mix of traditional from-scratch recipes and recipes depending on packaged products . Recipes include Kool-Aid as well as grape juice made from mashed grapes; Spry pie shell…
1941 - Pixley (real name Helen Elizabeth Tyler) includes a bit of Vermont history/lore - barrels of pork in brine in cellar, pie for breakfast, butternuts. Recipes in prose include “no” parsnip chowder, salt salmon with cream, hasty pudding, sour…
1942 - First cookbook from Louise Andrews Kent, renowned Vermont Life cooking columnist. Her inimitable approach blending useful tips and lore - horehound candy (81), apple-tree cheese (94, fresh hung from tree), fried salt pork with sour cream gravy…
