Benjamin Darling

Easy as Pie - Vintage Lifestyle Benjamin Darling

Brief Description: The first half of the 20th century was a golden age for the recipe booklet, a pamphlet given away to help cooks learn to use a company's product to best advantage. This book gathers a collection of recipes from these booklets and features an American favorite--pie. Biographical Note: Benjamin Darling is an author and publisher who, together with his family, manages The Laughing Elephant, a publisher of books and gift products celebrating the ideals and illustrations of the past. Publisher Marketing: The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age for the recipe booklet. Recipe booklets, or pamphlets, most commonly were made by a food manufacturer or kitchen appliance company and were given away as a premium to help cooks learn to use that product to best advantage. Given that the recipes carried the brand, justified the purchase, and, if successful, encouraged repeat use of the product, great effort was made to make the best and tastiest recipes possible. This book features an American favorite - the pie. Included are recipes for apple, pumpkin, banana cream, coconut cream, lemon meringue, peach, cherry and pecan pies.

Contributor Bio:  Darling, Benjamin Benjamin Darling is an author and publisher who, together with his family, manages The Laughing Elephant, a publisher of books and gift products celebrating the ideals and illustrations of the past.