Welcome to Litsy!

#Two4Tuesday I‘m a couple hours late but thank you @Eggs for the tag! 🤗

1️⃣ Yes! I especially love searching for old & retro cookbooks for my collection. One of my favorite finds is a first edition of the tagged book I got for >$10 at Powell‘s. I also love bargains & finding childhood favorites. 📚💚

2️⃣ Most often tea, iced or hot at home & coffee/espresso drinks at coffee shops. 🍵☕️

Anyone who hasn‘t played & wants to is tagged! 👋

Went a bit retro in the kitchen today for #soupersundays with the "Pink Cucumber Float" (quirky & a bit of an unfortunate name-although it did catch my eye when flipping through the book) ?from the 1967 Betty Crocker's Hostess Cookbook. It's a cold & creamy tomato-cucumber soup that I changed up a bit to fit with my food preferences (dairy free, no canned soup base...).
Link to the recipe and my changes below. ??

#HeatOfJuly #fancy

You can't help but feel at least a bit fancy when you look through retro cookbooks--especially the ones focused on entertaining like this 1967 one. From the veggie garnish bouquets to a 'French Formality' dinner with Fruited Chicken en Creme & La Bombe Rose ice cream cake, to instructions for teas and receptions (remember that "The tea is one party that remains steeped in tradition.")?there's all the fancy you could ask for.

#OldCoolBooks #princeps
My old cool books are short on princeps or first editions. With my old & vintage cookbooks, some possibly are, but have limited copyright information & some are first editions but not first printings. This Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook is both a first edition, published in 1967 (the edition tagged in the database is 1976) & it's also a first printing. It's in really good condition too & was a steal from Powell's at $10.💙