Personal note: This is neither poetry nor technically a story. But my initial exposure to it was in an unforgettable oral presentation, and oral presentation is what this section of the website is really all about. In 1969 the Betty Crocker Cookbook's First Edition was published. It was a loose-leaf binder of recipes presented in sections separated by dividers.

Editions for Betty Crocker's Cookbook: (Hardcover published in 1981), (Hardcover published in 2005), (Ring-bound publish. From our kitchens to yours, all the tips, advice and recipes you need to make life more delicious, from everyday dinners and desserts to special occasion feasts.

Each section was devoted to a particular category of food and had a brief introduction. These introductory pieces, presented below, might be seen as a bit of cultural-anthropological history, a window on a past in which 'a woman's job is to please her man.'

The experience mentioned above was a practice performance by Anna Rose Keefe, a member of our local high school's 2009 speech team, which went on to win the statewide speech competition. Several years earlier, the team's coach, Marjory Rusakoff, had been cooking dinner, listening her daughter read aloud the cookbook's section introductions. She says the oratorical potential of the piece became obvious. I feel sure the team's 2009 state victory was due in no small part to that potential, and to Miss Keefe's implementation of it. No recording was made of Ms.

Keefe's practice performance or the state competition. Bluebird Pug Mill Manual. But later an archival recording was made (with no audience) of all the team presentations.

You can here/see Ms. Keefe's Betty Crocker portion here. Introduction Dear Friend, You're just the one we had in mind as we planned this new book. To begin with, we know there are lots of ways you use a cookbook.

Seagull Bartender Professional Rapidshare. You read it—simply because you like to read about food. Or you use it to 'look up a recipe'. Maybe someone brought you a brace of pheasants, or there was a special at the market. In short, we've given you a cookbook to cook with, to be comfortable with. We hope it will become a friendly member of your kitchen family, that it will answer your questions, help solve your problems and make the eating and living in your house just a little easier, and a lot more fun! Betty Crocker.