1940s Cookery Books

    The 1940s concludes the Second World War and begins the Cold War.  Once again, I've separated out the rationing-specific books.  Canning guides, gimmicky appliances, and revised editions of older books predominate in the other categories.

Baked goods and sandwiches
Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.
    —. Dormeyer Electric-Mix Treasures. Chicago, IL: Dormeyer Corporation, 1949.

Dinners
All dinners all the time; for big meals, not little suppers.
    —. Money-Saving Main Dishes. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1948.

Jellies, pickles, and chutneys
Includes marmalade, fruit preserves, Jell-O, relishes.
    Cruess, William Vere, and Arthur William Christie. Home Canning (Rev.). Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1942.
    Pederson, Carl S., and H. G. Beattie. Home Preparation and Preservation of Fruit and Vegetable Juices. Geneva, NY: New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 1943.
    —. Kerr Home Canning Book. Los Angeles, CA: Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., 1944.
    —. Preserving and Canning. Montreal, QC: Dominion Glass Company, 1942.

Miscellaneous
Generic or mixed recipe books.
    Beard, James A. The Fireside Cook Book. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1949.
    Hardy, Helen Henrique, and Raymond J. Martinez. Louisiana's Fabulous Foods and How to Cook Them. New Orleans, LA: Hope Publications, 1949.
    Hawkins, Nancy. Let's Cook: A Cookbook for Beginners of All Ages. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.
    Perkins, Wilma Lord, rev. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.
    Platt, June Evans. June Platt's Plain and Fancy Cookbook. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941.
    The New York Herald Tribune, comp. America's Cook Book. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942.
    Watson, Kathleen M., ed. Purity Cook Book. Toronto, ON: Purity Flour Mills, 1945.
    —. Minute Magic with the Ekco Pressure Cooker. Chicago, IL: Ekco Products Company, 1946.
    —. Presto Cooker Recipe Book. Eau Claire, WI: National Pressure Cooker Company, 1946.
    —. The New Art of Simplified Cooking. Bridgeport, CT: General Electric Co., 1940.
    —. The Way to a Man's Heart: Your Gas Range Cook Book. [United States]: The Gas Service Company, 1949.

Sweets and confections
Hard candy, fudge, toffee, etc.
    Berolzheimer, Ruth. The Candy Book. Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1941.

Themed recipes
Single ingredients, holidays, dietary restrictions.
    Berolzheimer, Ruth. 500 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers. Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc., 1940.
    Logan, Martha. Meat Complete: A Handbook of Meat Cookery. Toronto, ON: Swift Canadian Co., 1942.
    —. Canadian Grown Apples. Ottawa, ON: Canada Department of Agriculture, 1942.
    —. Davis Dainty Dishes. Toronto, ON: The Davis Gelatine Organization, 1945.
    —. New and Delicious Recipes: Use Lion Vinegar. Montreal, QC: Lion Vinegar Company, 1945.
    —. The Love Story of King Chinook and Selected Seafood Recipes. Astoria, OR: Columbia River Packers' Association, 1948.

Wartime recipes
Rationing and nutrition in wartime.
    Crocker, Betty. Your Share: How to Prepare Appetizing, Healthful Meals with Foods Available Today. Minneapolis, MN: General Mills, Inc., 1943.
    —. 120 Wartime Meat Recipes. Chicago, IL: American Meat Institute, 1942.
    —. Dried Beans & Peas in Wartime Meals. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1943.
    —. Economy Recipes for Canada's "Housoldiers". Toronto, ON: The Canada Starch Company, Ltd., 1943.
    —. Good Fare in War-Time. London, UK: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1941.
    —. Meat... for Thrifty Meals. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1942.
    —. Pickle and Relish Recipes. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1946.
    —. Potatoes in Popular Ways. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1944.
    —. Prisoner of War Cooking Guide. Washington, DC: American Red Cross, 1943.
    —. Tomatoes on Your Table. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture, 1944.

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