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• Here's how : mixed drinks (Three mountaineers, inc., 1941), by William Campbell Whitfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's picture cook book : recipes (William R. Scott, inc., 1944), by Margaret Gossett and Liz Dauber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stretching meat (General Mills, Inc., 1943), by inc General Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design for reducing (Ralston Purina Co., 1946), by Ralston Purina Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dates as food : how to use them (M.J. Petinak, 1941), by Marko J. Petinak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harmony's cook book : a compilation of choice recipes (Harmony chapter number 4, Order of the Eastern Star, 1949), by Hawaii) Order of the Eastern Star. Harmony Chapter No. 4 (Honolulu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nutritious and economical meals for the person living alone (City of New York, Department of Welfare, 1940), by New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Victory proteins (Nutrition Committee of the Fullerton Civilian Defense Council, 1943), by Corrinne Bush (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cook-less book (V.M. Richter, 1948), by Mrs. Richter (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to feed your family in wartime (Lehn & Fink Products Corp., 1943), by Lehn & Fink Products Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• America cooks (Hardwick Stove Co., 1946), by Hardwick Stove Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Presto Cooker : its care and operation, with cooking instructions, time tables, and recipes (National Pressure Cooker Company (Canada), 1945), by Inc National Presto Industries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our dining car recipes ([Southern Pacific Co.], 1928), by Southern Pacific Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pals Club cook book : A collection of favorite menus ([Sacramento, 1945), by Sacramento Pals Club and Charles G. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pi Beta Phi cook book : a collection of tested recipes contributed by members of the National Fraternity (Los Angeles Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi, 1936), by Nita Day Carmen and Pi Beta Phi. Los Angeles Committee on Cook Book (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Look who's cookin'; a wartime cooking course for young America ([Los Angeles?, 1943), by Southern California Gas Co. Home Service Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sugar 'n' spice : special recipes including barbecue section (s.n., 1940), by British War Relief Society (U.S.). Pasadena chapter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chow line ([Camp Cooke Officers' Wives, 1941), by Camp Cooke (Calif.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Club house cook book of favorite recipes (American Association of University Women, San Diego Branch, 1946), by American Association of University Women. San Diego Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wartime recipe and canning guide ([Country Gentleman, 1942) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Genuine Mexican and Spanish cookery recipes for American homes (Putnam Printing Co., 1947), by Myrtle Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
• What's cooking in Ponsford, Minnesota? (Ponsford Prairie Partners, 1948) (page images at HathiTrust)
• What's cooking on Governor's Island (The Guild, 1949), by Isabel Ingram Mayer and N.Y.) St Cornelius Altar Guild (Governor's Island (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ghost tree cook book. (Carmel Pine Cone, 1944), by Army and Navy Officers' Wives of Monterey Peninsula (page images at HathiTrust)
• One hundred years of California cooking (Tribune Press, 1949), by Martha Lee and Oakland Tribune (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Santa Rosa cook book (s.n.], 1942) (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Chinese recipes : using only ingredients easily obtainable in neighborhood stores (Edelmuth Co., 1948), by Fred Wing and Mabel Stegner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art and secrets of Chinese cookery (La Choy Food Products, Division of Beatrice Foods, 1949), by La Choy Food Products (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chinese home cooking : recipes of Cantonese dishes (The Committee, 1948), by Henry Inn and Hawaii). Chinese Committee International Institute of the Young Women's Christian Association (Honolulu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chinese recipes (Quon-Quon Co., 1942), by H.T. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese food recipes (Japanese Wholesale Grocers' Association, 1940), by Japanese Wholesale Grocers' Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• California ripe olives (Ehmann Ripe Olives, 1940), by Oroville Ehmann Olive Co. (page images at HathiTrust)
• M.C.P. recipe book (Mutual Citrus Products Co., 1940), by Mutual Citrus Products Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• California dried figs (California Fig Institute, in the 1940s), by California Dried Fruit Research Institute and California Fig Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sunkist orange recipes for year-round freshness! (California Fruit Growers Exchange, 1940), by California Fruit Growers Exchange (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tempting, thrifty, wartime meals : for 2 and 4 and 6 : with some meatless menus (Pet Milk Co., 1942), by Pet Milk Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cooking with wholegrains . (Vermont Country Store, 1947), by Ellen Orton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cottage cheese recipe book : appetizers, salads, salad dressings, breads, main dishes, desserts (Dairy Industry Advisory Board, 1949), by Marin-Dell Milk Co and California. Dairy Industry Advisory Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sweets without sugar (Blue Ribbon Books, 1945), by Marion White (page images at HathiTrust)
• New fruit for smart salads (Calavo Growers of California, 1942), by Calavo Growers of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calavo on your wartime menus : 14 nutritious, time-saving, "point"-saving dishes made with California's finest avocado (Calavo Growers of California, 1944), by Calavo Growers of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to dress, ship and cook wild game (Remington Arms Co., 1945) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mushroom cookery (Gramercy Publishing Co., 1945), by Rosetta Reitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• 250 fish and sea food recipes : useful facts about fish and sea food (Published for Culiary Arts Institute, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• The protein value of Knox plain, unflavored, sparkling gelatine (Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co.], 1941), by Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Easy meat recipes (National Live Stock and Meat Board, Dept. of Home Economics, 1946), by National Live Stock and Meat Board. Dept. of Home Economics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home makers' prize recipes : 36 B-V contest recipes (Wilson & Co., 1943), by George Rector and Wilson & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Knudsen recipes : for nutritious dishes based on milk and milk products (Knudsen Creamery Co., 1940), by Knudsen Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hilo Woman's Club cook book (Hilo Tribune Herald, ltd., 1943), by Hilo Woman's Club. Cook Book Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• 500 snacks (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hawaiian party book : how to entertain the Hawaiian way (South Sea Sales, 1945), by Scotty Guletz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American woman's meals without meat cook book (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1943), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glendale Sanitarium vegetarian cook book (Published by Glendale Sanitarium, 1940), by Calif.) Glendale Sanitarium (Glendale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prisoner of war cooking guide for use with the American Red Cross standard food package (American Red Cross, 1943), by American Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westwood Guild cook book (Westwood Community Church, the Women's Guild], 1941), by Calif.). Women's Guild Westwood Community Church (Los Angeles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Loyalty cook book (Willow Borba, 1940), by Willow Borba and no. 217 Native Daughters of the Golden West. Santa Rosa Parlor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Favorite recipes and tea room delicacies (Assistance League of Long Beach ;, 1941), by Assistance League of Long Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in good cooking (famous recipes) : and, The art of carving in the home (Adventures In Good Eating, Inc., 1945), by Duncan Hines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dining delights (R.T. French Co., 1948), by R.T. French Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Brown Derby cookbook (Doubleday, 1949) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kerr home canning book (Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., 1945), by Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Money saving main dishes (Office for Food and Feed Conservation, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1948), by United States. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics and United States. Office for Food and Food Conservation (page images at HathiTrust)
• 300 helpful suggestions for your victory lunch box : how to plan, prepare and pack a compact and nutritious meal for factory, office or school (Dell Pub. Co., 1943), by Gertrude Buchholz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Your share : how to prepare appetizing, healthful meals with foods available today (General Mills, Inc., 1943), by Betty Crocker, Dorothy A. Campbell, and Inc General Mills (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The quick dinners for the woman in a hurry cook book : menus, recipes, marketing lists, time schedules, planning ahead (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1942), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hors d'oeuvre and canapés : with a key to the cocktail party (M. Barrows and Co., 1940), by James Beard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A wine lover's cook book (M. Barrows and Co., 1940), by Jeanne Owen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Five hundred tasty sandwiches (Pub. for Culinary arts institute by Consolidated book publishers, inc., 1941), by Edna L Gaul and Ruth Berolzheimer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Calavo book of popular avocado recipes : half shell ... with your favorite dressing ([Calavo Growers of California], 1949), by Calavo Growers of California (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Route "101" to new food delight via 101 herb recipes & suggestions (Published by Bev-Ron Pub. Co. [for] Southern California Unit, Herb Society of America, 1946), by California Herb Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 300 ways to serve eggs (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dairy book (Published for Culinary Arts Press, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 250 ways of serving potatoes (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1941), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 250 luscious refrigerator desserts (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1941), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The candy book (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), by Edna L Gaul, Ruth Berolzheimer, and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 1949 milk-maid recipes from Adohr (Adohr, 1949), by Adohr (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 250 delicious soups (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 250 ways to serve fresh vegetables (Published for Culinary Arts Institute, 1940), by Ruth Berolzheimer and Culinary Arts Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bananas-- : how to serve them (Home Economics Dept., Fruit Dispatch Co., 1941), by Fruit Dispatch Co. Home Economics Dept (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Trader Vic's book of food & drink (Doubleday, 1946), by Trader Vic (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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