Family circle illustrated library of cooking : your ready reference for a lifetime of good eating; four books in one: a primer of cooking that includes both the terms and techniques; a cornucopia of classic American recipes representing the East, the South, the Midwest, the Southwest and the West; a treasury of party-starting appetizers and hors d'oeuvres and a bevy of beverages for parties plain and fancy. by Hettich, Arthur M., ed. [Jean Anderson, Morgot L Wolf, Donald D Wolf, Nye Willden, John Tipton, Jane M O'Keefe, Marie T Walsh, Ruth K Mumbauer, Carole Burde Semei, Alyce W Lienhard; Ac'cent International, Best Foods, Breakstone Sugar Creek Foods, Californ - 1972

Rockville Centre, NY : Rockville House Publishers, 1972, 1972. Fine. 16 volumes, illustrated ; 26 cm. ; LCCN: 72-169101 ; OCLC: 521116 ; "...[c]ontains more than 2000 pages, over 1000 color food illustrations and many thousands of what we consider the best recipes for you to use in your home--recipes that represent the finest in American reional cookery and favorite round-the-world classics, recipes that have been triple-tested in Family Circle's Kitchens by a staff of food experts. The sixteen volumes are arranged alphabetically...in broad, easy to use every day categories....each [volume] contains three or four specialized cookbooks--on breads...cakes, casserole or campfire cooking...information on nutrition and diets. Whole sections are devoted to do-ahead dinners, picnics and barbecues, family meals and festive meals, freexing and canning, and most contain hearty helpings of 'back-to-scratch' recipes..to get..hands into old-fashioned yeast doughs, to brew soups from soupbones, to make cakes that begin in bowls instead of boxes...Each...has its own alphabetized recipe index, further broken down according to category...there is a master index to all sixteen volumes in the final volume." ; Contents: v.1 A to Z of cooking -- American classics -- Appetizers and hors d'oeuvres -- Beverages -- Recipe index -- v.2 Birds of a feather -- Breads : back to baking your own -- Breakfasts : getting a good headstart on the day -- Recipe index -- v.3 Budget bounty -- Burger bonanza -- Buyer's market -- Recipe index -- v.4 Cake baker's art -- Cakes to buy and build upon -- Candy kitchen -- Canny ways with canned foods -- Recipe index -- v.5 -- Children's our -- Cold weather warmers -- Cool cooking -- Cookie jar jewels -- Recipe index -- v.6 Cooking for a crowd -- Cooking for just two -- Cooking on location -- Cooking over the coals -- Countdown for calories -- Recipe index -- v.7 -- Desserts plain and fancy -- Dinners in a dish and / or a dash -- Do-ahead dinners -- Recipe index -- v.8 -- Eggs, cheese and dairy foods that please -- The electic cook -- Foods from afar -- Frozen assets -- Recipe index -- v.9 -- Fruits around the calendar -- Garnishes, trimmings and toppings -- Herb (and spice) power -- Here's health -- Holiday feasts -- Recipe index -- v.10 -- Hotdog happenings -- Infallible instants and mixes -- Land of plenty preserved -- Recipe index -- v.11 -- The lunch box -- Lunches and brunches -- Luxurious leftovers -- Movable feasts -- Nuts -- Recipe index -- v.12 -- Pasta and rice -- Pastry chef -- Period pieces -- Pies they'll applaud -- Recipe index -- v.13 -- Potluck luxury -- Roasts, juicy and tender -- Roasts on the comeback trail -- Salad days -- Recipe index -- v.14 -- Sandwiches, open and shut -- Saucery -- The sea's bounty -- Recipe index -- v.15 -- Soda fountain sensations -- Soup kettle -- Steaks and chops -- Recipe index -- v.16 -- Stew -- Variety and specialty meats -- Vegetables, their variations - Master index of all sixteen volumes. ; v 1. A-Bev -- v 2. Bir-Bre -- v 3. Bur-Buy -- v 4. Cak-Can -- v 5. Chi-Coo -- v 6. Coo-Cou -- v 7. Des-Eas -- v 8. Egg-Fro -- v 9. Fru-Hol -- v 10. Hot-Lan -- v 11. Lun-Nut -- v 12. Pas-Pie -- v 13. Pot-Sal -- v 14. San-Sea -- v 15. Sod-Ste -- v 16. Ste-Veg ; color illustrated boards; fantastic color industrial and food photographs ; some photos of people in psychedelic early 1970's period dress ; no dustjackets, as issued ; clean ; FINE