State Fair Prize-Winning Pork Recipes Some of my favorite recipe pamphlets come from National Organizations representing the pork industry, the beef industry and poultry industries. While most of these pamphlets come from the 1950’s and later, I...

    PURITY ROLLED OATS – “Vintage Black Arts” – 1917 I remember with fondness the days of my youth and waking up to mom’s great breakfasts of waffles or pancakes. Sitting on the table along side my breakfast plate was the famous (and highly...

 Die-Cut Recipe Pamphlet In a previous posting I mentioned how the value of a recipe pamphlet is determined in part, to its uniqueness. Die-cut pamphlets are just one type of unique design that has allowed many recipe pamphlets to grow in value for...

GOOD LUCK CANNING RINGS Probably two of my more historically interesting recipe pamphlets are the Good Luck Jar Rubber Rings pamphlets from ca. 1915-1920. The company – Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company of Cambridge, Mass. adopted a rather unique...

The Mazola Salad Bowl – 1939 I’ve mentioned in other postings how the use of children or cartoon characters can greatly enhance the value of recipe pamphlet. The advertisers knew that if the pamphlet was colorful and attractive and contained clips...