This site is the RECIPES of the Modernistic Recipe-Menu Book (Chicago, 1929), chapter by chapter as printed. The menus the recipes were written to go with are not in the transcription this edition was built from, and neither are four of the book's chapters. The About page says exactly which. About this edition →
Part One - Every Day Menus
Seven Weeks' Menus
192 recipes
One-Dish Meals
33 recipes
Menus for Small Children
4 recipes
Salad Dressings
12 recipes
Part Two - Entertaining
Entertaining
34 recipes
The Company Shelf
16 recipes
Company and Sunday Dinner Menus
69 recipes
Sunday Morning Breakfasts
52 recipes
Sunday Night Suppers
13 recipes
Planked Dinners and Grills
24 recipes
Bridge Party Menus
40 recipes
Sandwiches and Different Breads
55 recipes
Beverages
45 recipes
Extra-Special Company Cakes and Cookies
62 recipes
Thanksgiving Dinners
18 recipes
Christmas Dinners
127 recipes
New Year Dinners
18 recipes
Miscellaneous Party Menus
20 recipes
Pantry Parking
19 recipes
Part Three - Miscellaneous
Outdoor and Camping Recipes
27 recipes
Refrigerator Menus
50 recipes
Meatless Menus
38 recipes
Invalid Cookery
32 recipes
Diet for Under-Nourished Adults
25 recipes
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Highlights
Jellied Ginger-Grape Salad
2 1/2 tablespoons gelatine 1/2 cup cold water 3 tablespoons sugar 1 pint bottle ginger ale 1 cup grape juice 1 cup seeded white…
Cheese Balls
3 egg whites, beaten stiff 1 cup grated cheese 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup bread crumbs Beat whites until…
Sauce for Cherry-Nut Cake
Bring 1 cup of the canned cherry juice to boil with 2/3 cup sugar, then thicken with 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in little…
Maple Marshmallow Fudge
Boil 2 cups maple syrup, 3/4 cup milk, and piece of butter size of egg until mixture reaches soft ball stage, then beat until…
Spindled Scallops
Drain and dry medium-sized scallops, dip them in melted butter, to which juice of an onion has been added and dash of pepper…
Chocolate Ice Cream Ball
Arrange a ball of pistachio or vanilla ice cream on macaroons or meringue cookies. Cover the ice cream with whipped cream…