American Cookery, Formerly The Boston Cooking-School Magazine: Four Issues, June-July 1931, January 1932, February 1932, August-September 1934

The Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co., Published 1931-1934. Wraps, 4 issues, approximately 64-80 pp. each; 24 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and period advertisements; pictorial cover frame signed E.M. Richards. Vol. XXXVI No. 1 (June-July 1931), Vol. XXXVI No. 6 (January 1932), Vol. XXXVI No. 7 (February 1932), Vol. XXXIX No. 2 (August-September 1934). In Good condition overall. Staple bound, staples rusted; covers with mild to moderate toning and soiling, small nicks and edge chips, mild shelf wear with some color loss along edges. June-July 1931: front cover pulling away from glued spine, binding otherwise tight; dark spot to rear cover; mild dampstaining at lower gutter of most pages; pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked. January 1932: binding tight; pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked. February 1932: portion of leaf pp. 529-530 (Carnation Milk advertisement) cut out, upper fragment loose and laid in; pages mildly toned. August-September 1934: diagonal crease to upper corner of front cover; 1.5 x 3 inch piece clipped from lower edge of rear cover; covers toned and soiled; interior mildly toned with occasional light spotting and soiling. Four issues of American Cookery, the Boston Cooking School's magazine, published ten times a year. Janet McKenzie Hill founded it in 1896 as The Boston Cooking-School Magazine, and it was renamed in 1914. Each issue includes Seasonable and Tested Recipes by Janet M. Hill and Mary D. Chambers (Louisa Pryor Skilton and Doris W. McCray in 1934) illustrated with half-tone photographs, along with seasonal menus, household and home-design articles, fiction, and full-page advertising for Carnation Milk, Velveeta, the Sunbeam Mixmaster, Glenwood and Crawford ranges, Knox Gelatine and Gold Medal Flour. The January 1932 issue includes Lee McCrae's "Modern Cliff Dwellers on the Ocean Front," an illustrated account of the Spanish-style hillside homes of Palos Verdes Estates, California. It describes nearly two hundred houses approved by the estates' Art Jury on 3200 acres planned under Frederick Law Olmsted [Jr.], with photographs of the homes looking across the Pacific to the Santa Monica Mountains and of the living room of George Kincaid's house, and notes a house leased by Madame Matzenauer and one planned for Galli-Curci. Other features include Charles Alma Byers on garden walks (1931) and outdoor fireplaces (1934), Emma Gary Wallace on Martha Washington for the 1932 Washington Bicentennial, and Edward Podolsky, M.D., on the medical virtues of garlic. Contents (January 1932): Modern Cliff Dwellers on the Ocean Front; Kitchen Suggestions for Your New Home Scrapbook; Happiness (poem); Poor Porsey; Taking Guesswork Out of Cooking; The Mineral Salts We Need in Our Foods; A Hostess House; Spices and Health; Editorials: America, We Salute You, Concerning American Cookery; Seasonable and Tested Recipes; Seasonable Menus for Week in January; Menu: Watch Night Supper; Adventures in Cooking; The Larger Ideal in Child Training; Queries and Answers; The Silver Lining.…