Everything was quiet and peaceful here. It was so nice to just sit back and relax and enjoy the season. Unfortunately, that also meant not getting anything 'created' either.
And here we are, over a week into 2012 and still no art projects started. My muse seems to still be on Christmas vacation. I hope she returns soon because I am getting antsy!
But, to kill the time, I have visited a few of the local antique malls. :-)
On Saturday, I found one of my coolest finds ever!
Isn't this just the most awesome cookbook you have ever seen? (and yes, I am assuming you are as hooked on cookbooks as I am!) :-)
Ok, it looks a bit grundgy and dirty....but I could see there was something beautiful under that black gunk!
See, I told you! Look how bright and shiny it is now! And all it took was a bit of liquid handsoap, a soft toothbrush and some hot water. Yay!
I had never seen a book with an aluminum cover before and when I discovered it was a cookbook!!! it had to come home with me!
Here is the cover page, see the copyright? 1933 This thing is in really wonderful shape for it's age. It almost looks like no one used it (which is sad for a cookbook) But one former owner did add a few of her own recipes into the pages so someone at sometime prior to me did make a bit of use of it.
I found out on Wikipedia that this cookbook is the first one ever to tell the cook to use a fork to flatten her peanut butter cookies....now loving peanut butter cookies as I do and having baked more than my fair share of them....I thought this was cool!
Each recipe has it's own little page with instructions on the front and sometimes the back. Kind of neat!
And in case you want to order your own copy, this page is printed in the back of the book. :-)
I hope 2012 is a very artful year for you all! (and hopefully soon for me too lol)
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