Watkins Salad Book : Expanded Edition

J. R. Watkins Company. Fair with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1946. Revised Edition. Spiral Bound. 251 pages: 6.5 x 8.5 in.: 1.4: KB#002711: No Jacket as Issued. Wire Spiral Bound. Boards are green cloth with black lettering. Pages are clean, complete and sharp cornered. Front and back boards are severely creased in the middle. Contains several full-page color photographs of dishes, rare in books of this type in the 1940s. Elaine Allen is also the author of the Watkins Cook Book, Watkins Household Hints Book and Watkins Economy Recipe Book. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Salads have an important place in the daily diet not only because they furnish the essential mineral salts, phosphorus, iron, calcium, magnesium and lime which are necessary for health, but also because they add variety and color to a meal. Homemakers should serve salads made of crisp, leafy greens, fresh fruits, young, tender vegetables, raw and cooked, and blended with a well-seasoned and appetizing dressing, as an essential part of a balanced diet. Contents: Introduction; Green Salads - Salad Bowl; Fruit Salads; Molded or Gelatin Salads; Frozen Salads; Vegetable Salads; Meat Salads; Chicken Salads; Fish Salads; Cheese Salads; Egg Salads; Salad Buffet; French Dressing; Mayonnaise Salad Dressing, Cooked Salad Dressing; Miscellaneous Salad Dressings; Sandwiches. Canapes - Appetizers - Hors d"Oeuvres; Beverages; American and French Desserts." .