Cookbook: Entertaining Six or Eight, Culinary Arts Institute, Paul Hamlin Illus., Vintage 1965

A hostess in a swirling skirt, scattered daisies, and an RSVP: this Culinary Arts Institute booklet lays out luncheons, teas, buffets and cocktail parties for six or eight guests, all dressed in Paul Hamlin's mid-century sketches.

• Author: Culinary Arts Institute Staff Home Economists, Melanie De Proft, Director
• Illustrator: Paul Hamlin
• Publisher: Culinary Arts Institute, Chicago, Illinois
• Copyright: 1965, 1956, Processing and Books Inc.
• Format: Softcover booklet, No. 115 in the Culinary Arts Institute series, 68 pages, 143 recipes
• Dimensions: 8.75 inches Tall x 6 inches Wide
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition. No cover wear, bent corners, writing, or tears. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
• Shipping: Eligible for USPS Media Mail, the most economical shipping option. Delivery can take up to 8 business days and is not guaranteed, so please choose the method that best fits your timeline at checkout.

The chapters are Luncheons, Dessert Parties, Party Beverages, Teas, Dinners, Buffets, The Cocktail Party, and Snacks, with tips on vegetables and baking at the front and an index at the back. A color center plate and mid-century drawings run throughout, and the acknowledgments credit food associations for the photographs.

Stand it cover-out on a kitchen shelf and let a mid-century party plan itself: luncheons and teas by day, buffets and cocktails by night, each dressed in Paul Hamlin's pink-and-teal sketches. It's for collectors of mid-century graphics and Culinary Arts Institute booklets, and for anyone styling a vintage kitchen shelf.

Culinary Arts Institute was a Chicago publisher of inexpensive cookbooks, issued as a numbered series of booklets. Melanie De Proft directed the Institute's staff home economists, and she is credited on many of its titles.

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