Today, culinary guides published under Betty Crocker's name rank among the upper echelon of classic American cookbooks. Read the original article on Chowhound.

Not only did that bring back memories of my early cooking days and her classic, red "Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," but I was made even more aware of what a force she (multiple "shes" over the ...

The original Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook, published in 1950, had a clear and paternalistic purpose: to instruct housewives in the proper way to stock their pantries, serve nutritionally balanced ...