Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Title

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Description

Recipe booklets created by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to promote healthy, economical meal planning for families, and providing instructions for food preparation.

Contributor

Kariann Kakeh

Collection Items

Metropolitan Cook Book 1918
Cover of a recipe pamphlet, "Metropolitan Cook Book", intended to aid in planning meals to keep the family "well fed at the lowest cost." Front cover is dark green and light green, with title embossed in red. Hole punched through upper left-hand…

Metropolitan Cook Book 1957
Cover of pamphlet "Metropolitan Cook Book". Front cover artwork is a blue background with a red ladle, gray fork, and black spatula, with drawings of various foods.
Pamphlet includes table of weights and measures, and recipes and instructions for…

Metropolitan Cook Book 1948
Cover of a recipe pamphlet, "Metropolitan Cook Book". Front cover artwork is blue with a diamond pattern created by white and red lines. Title is white text in a red circle.
Pamphlet includes table of weights and measures, and recipes and…

Metropolitan Cook Book 1925
Cover of a recipe pamphlet, "Metropolitan Cook Book", intended to aid families in planning "nourishing" meals for "healthful eating". Front cover artwork is black with a diamond pattern and depicts images of various foods.
Pamphlet includes table of…
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