Title: Mary Meade's Magic Recipes for the Electric Blender; Author: Ruth Ellen Church; Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.; Format: Hardcover; Features: Illustrated, Yellow cloth boards with stamped front cover and spine titling; Language: English; Original Language: English; Publication Year: 1952; Genre: Food & Drink, Cookbooks; Topic: Blender recipes, Electric blender cooking, Midcentury American home cooking, Beverages, Desserts, Sauces; Type: Cookbook; Narrative Type: Nonfiction; Signed: No; Intended Audience: Adults; Country of Origin: United States; Vintage: Yes; Era: 1950s; Edition: First Edition.

Scope and content: Midcentury cookbook devoted to the electric blender, opening with an explanatory chapter on what a blender is and how it works, then presenting recipes that incorporate blender preparation into baked goods, desserts, beverages, savory dishes, and everyday kitchen tasks.

Features and layout: Medium-format hardcover with mustard-yellow cloth boards and maroon decorative title device on the front cover and spine, printed in black ink on cream-colored paper in a single-column layout with bold chapter titles and recipe headings. Interior pages include simple black-and-white line drawings, such as a smiling blender character on the title page, and the Table of Contents lists fifteen chapters ranging from breads, muffins, cakes, cookies, and desserts to salads, sauces, soups, vegetables, drinks, and "Quick Tricks with a Blender," followed by an index.

Publication and identifiers: Title and copyright pages credit The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis and New York, as publisher, with copyright 1952 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. The copyright page states "Printed in the United States of America" and "First Edition" and provides Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 52-10689; this pre-ISBN volume predates modern ISBN numbering.

Included: Listing is for the single pictured hardcover copy of Mary Meade's Magic Recipes for the Electric Blender by Ruth Ellen Church only; no dust jacket, slipcase, or supplementary recipe pamphlets are included.

Notes: Photos show the exact book you will receive and include views of the front and back boards, spine, endpapers, title and copyright pages, table of contents, and representative interior spreads from cookie, dessert, drink, entree, salad dressing, vegetable, and quick-tricks sections.