Marian Tracy: 17 Cookbooks and Counting
As I continue to document the career of newspaper food editor Marian Tracy, I have started to keep track of her cookbooks. She had quite a reach. For example, her casserole cookbook was reissued more than 15 times.
Here is what I have so far:
1. The Care and Feeding of Friends, 1946
2. Casserole Cookery, 18 editions, 1940s & 1950s
3. Marian Tracy’s Complete Chicken Cookery, 1953
4. The Peasant Cookbook, 1955
5. Cooking Under Pressure, 1956
6. Picnic Cookbook, 1957
7. Parties From the Freezer, 1963, Scribner
8. 200 Main Course Dishes, 1964
9. The Shellfish Cookbook, 1965
10. The Art of Making Real Soup, 1967, Doubleday
11. New Casserole Cookbook, 1968
12. The Mushroom Cookbook, 1968
13. Cooking Fondue, 1970
14. Favorite American Regional Recipes, 1976
15. East/West Book of Rice Cookery, 1977
16. Delicious Main Course, 1978
17. Real Food, 1980