Hostess Without Help: Helen Worth Cooking School

For many years, women -- and men -- from all over the world paid as much as $50 an hour to attend Helen Worth's Cooking School. Thousands more learned from her previous cookbooks.

Now, in this 1971 hardbound Hostess Without Help, the author has emphasized the positive aspects of cooking -- variety, convenience and flexibility. Here she applies those principles to the problems of home entertaining.

Recipes for all occasions are included, along with information on how to simplify recipes and use plan-ahead techniques.

Both the book and its dust jacket are in Very Good condition with only very light edge/corner wear.


Circa: 1971
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Westover Publishing Co.
Author: Helen Worth
Edition: 1
Pages: 217  

The Year Round Holiday Cookbook

Recipes guaranteed to make any celebration a delight are featured in Suzanne Huntley's Year Round Holiday Cookbook. Whether for George Washington's or your own child's birthday, a wedding-party supper, a Fourth of July picnic, or Thanksgiving's abundance, here are enticing dishes for every occasion.

Included are more than 30 menus, nearly 250 recipes, and tons of extra goodies to hide on Easter morning, to fill May baskets, to stuff Christmas stockings. 214 pages. Illustrated throughout with clever drawings by Milton Glaser.

Covers and dust jacket are Good, with some light edge/corner wear.

Circa: 1969
Condition: Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Atheneum
Author: Suzanne Huntley
Pages: 243  

Thoughts for Festive Foods
From Christening luncheons, Formal wedding dinners and Silver Anniversaries to New Year's dinners, bridge luncheons and Labor Day picnics, you'll find the way to make your own eye-catching, taste-provoking food in Elaine Frank and Florence Hirschfeld's Thoughts for Festive Foods!

More than 150 original menus and the foods that compose them were collected and tested to amass this complete answer to the every-present challenge of entertaining for special occasions. Let it help with your holiday entertaining!

The book and its dust jacket are in Very Good condition, although there is some edge wear on the jacket. A previous owner's name is handwritten inside the front.

Circa: 1964
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Author: Elaine Frank and Florence Hirschfeld
Pages: 687  

Fearless Cooking for Crowds: Beautiful Food for Groups of 8 to 50

Whether you're planning a formal dinner for 8, a brunch for 12 or a supper for fifty, Fearless Cooking for Crowds: Beautiful Food for Groups of 8 to 50 includes nearly 300 crowd-pleasing recipes for every couse from hors d'oeuvres to quick and easy desserts. There are recipes for casual or elegant meals, all categories of main dishes and main course salads, vegetable dishes and soups.

Author Michelle Evans believes cooking for 50 is NOT ten times harder than cooking for 5. The secret is organization -- and she gives you all the help you need to get there.

Both the book and its dust jacket are in As New condition with no apparent defects, inside or out!


Circa: 1986
Condition: As New
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Times Books
Author: Michelle Evans
Pages: 328
ISBN: 0812912098  

Rose's Celebrations; Special Times of Year

Coinciding perfectly with the trend back to basics and good home cooking, this book features more than 100 recipes for every special time of the year, from a simple indulgent supper of fried chicken and mashed potatoes to a sublime New York's feast of oysters in puff pastry and snow pudding.

Rose's Celebrations features menus for traditional celebrations, new cake designs and recipes, information on ethnic feasts, and the last word on chocolate cake.

Written by the famed Rose Levy Beranbaum, published in 1992 with 100 color photographs, this is a book brimming with ideas for celebrating all year long.

Both the book and its dust jacket are in As New condition with no apparent defects, inside or out!


Circa: 1992
Condition: As New
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Author: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Pages: 265
ISBN: 0688119468  

Lee Bailey's Good Parties

Here are Lee Bailey's tried and true recipes for entertaining friends at home with style, as well as his thoughts and advice about kitchen equipment, tableware, gadgets, and more.

In addition to 160 new recipes, a focus on Lee Bailey the designer, with specific information about all the ingredients that make up a good party. 130 full-color photographs.

Both the book and its dust jacket are in As New condition with no apparent defects, inside or out!


Circa: 1986
Condition: As New
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Author: Lee Bailey
Pages: 160
ISBN: 051755934x  

Party Cookbook

By the authors of the Australian and New Zealand Complete Book of Cookery. This is a book devoted completely to the art of giving parties. There are delicious menus, work plans and recipes that are easy to prepare and decidely different.

You will find ideas for brunches, kitchen teas, children's birthdays, even a haangi [a Maori celebration].

Full-page photographs in color, and drawings in black. A previous owner's name is handwritten inside the front.


Circa: 1971
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Paul Hamlyn
Author: Anne Marshall and Elizabeth Sewell
Pages: 128
ISBN: 060007000X  

Helen Corbitt Cooks for Company

Maybe you heard this book mentioned in the movie, 'Julie and Julia.' In her day, Helen Corbitt was an internationally recognized authority on food and was the Director of Restaurants for Neiman-Marcus.

This book is a unique combination of menus and recipes for every occasion, from easy, informal Sunday brunches to wedding receptions, from outdoor children's parties to formal seated dinners.

Special menus are provided for holidays, from St. Patrick's Day to Christmas.

The 1974 hardbound book has 434 pages. Both the book and its dust jacket are in Very Good condition with no apparent defects, inside or out! A previous owner's name is handwritten inside the front.


Circa: 1974
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Author: Helen Corbitt
Pages: 434
ISBN: 0395184916  

How to Present and Serve Food Attractively

Here is the easy way to simple -- but elegant --- entertaining at home! It's Lillian Langseth-Christensen's How to Present and Serve Food Attractively.

The renowned cookbook author suggests numerous ideas, including using modern appliances to cook right at the table and letting the guests join in preparing their meal. She provides an extensive list of utensils and tells you what to cook with them.

Name an occasion and you'll find recipes, menus and steps to take in planning and presentation. You'll be able to show your culinary efforts so you AND your guests will enjoy the event!

Both the book and its dust jacket are in Very Good condition with only very light edge/corner wear. A previous owner's name is handwritten in the front.


Circa: 1976
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: Doubleday
Author: Lillian Langseth-Christensen
Pages: 273
ISBN: 0385051360  

Pennywise Party Perfect Dinners

Look what the Good Cooking School and James Beard have cooked up for you in this 1971 hardbound book from J. G. Ferguson Publishing! 24 of the finest chefs were asked for their ideas on the most perfect and economical dinner party.

Working with limited budgets and drawing on their expertise and ingenuity, this shows what can be done for just a few dollars per serving.

Some parties described are traditional, other flamboyant and elegant, yet the hundreds of marvelous world wide recipes display the wonderful simple art of cooking that makes entertaining both fun and affordable!

The book is in Very Good condition with no apparent defects, inside or out! The dust jacket is Very Good overall, with only minor edge/corner wear. A previous owner's name is handwritten inside the front.


Circa: 1975
Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardbound
Publisher: J. G. Ferguson Publishing
Author: James Beard, et al
Pages: 175
ISBN: 0385112122