For the Love of Cooking : Our Best Recipes, Vol. 2 by Lena Sturges (1975,...
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For the Love of Cooking : Our Best Recipes, Vol. 2 by Lena Sturges (1975,.... For the Love of Cooking by Lena E. Sturges is a 1975 Southern Living/Oxmoor House hardcover cookbook (Our Best Recipes Vol. Author: Lena E. Sturges (author of Southern Living: Our Best Recipes). Title: For the Love of Cooking. ). For the Love of Cooking by Lena E. Sturges is a 1975 Southern Living/Oxmoor House hardcover cookbook (Our Best Recipes Vol. 2) featuring more than 400 pages of tested recipes organized into appetizers, beverages, breads, cakes and frostings, candies, casseroles, cookies, desserts, eggs and grains, meats, fish and shellfish, poultry and dressing, salads, sauces, soups and stews, and vegetables. Item specifics Title: For the Love of Cooking Author: Lena E. Sturges (author of Southern Living: Our Best Recipes) Publisher: Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of The Progressive Farmer Company, Birmingham, Alabama Year: 1975 (first edition; your copyright page shows 1975 Oxmoor House) ISBN: 0-8487-0390-1 / 9780848703905 Format: Pictorial hardcover (red boards with color art by Thomas Ford; no dust jacket issued in most copies) Length: Approximately 414–424 pages. Features: Color photo inserts (e.g., holiday punch service, plated dishes), black-and-white illustrations, budget recipes marked with asterisks, and Southern-leaning home cooking. DescriptionClassic mid-1970s Southern Living cookbook that expands on the success of Our Best Recipes with a wide range of everyday and company dishes. Recipes include vintage party punches, casseroles, sweets, breads, and hearty main dishes, many of which use pantry ingredients and condensed soups typical of the era, making it great for retro cooking or adapting to modern tastes. The book is known among home cooks for reliable cakes, cookies, and casseroles, and it remains in circulation with fans who grew up with Southern Living titles. The red cover with bold illustrated vegetables and cookware gives it strong shelf appeal in a vintage-style kitchen, and the interior layout is clean and easy to cook from, with clear ingredient lists and instructions. Color photo sections add visual inspiration for entertaining and holiday meals. Well-regarded Southern Living-era cookbook offering a big range of tried-and-true 1970s recipes, suitable both for everyday use and nostalgic, retro-themed meals. Attractive vintage hardcover that pairs well with other Southern Living and Oxmoor House cookbooks and looks good on open kitchen shelving.
