McCall's Cook Book

Note: This edition of McCall's Cook Book has been updated to include Metric equivalents.


One of the largest cookbooks available on Apple Books, here is your book, the one your thousands of letters have asked us to publish. It has taken us years to do, checking and rechecking countless recipes to bring you only the best, only the interesting, only the perfect. Now we can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that every single one of them, if you follow the directions to the letter, will work for you exactly as well as it did for us, even if you have never cooked before.


It’s true that preparing three meals a day remains the homemaker’s biggest chore, and one she strives to accomplish with variety, originality, skill, and economy. But cooking is something even beyond that. It is one of the really creative arts, and a deeply satisfying, deeply personal one, since it is done for the ones we love.


Social customs radiate from the service of food in the home. So does the most fundamental kind of social status. Thus, the woman who can cook well and serve food graciously is a successful homemaker.


Our book starts from the beginning with the beginner, and everything is simply stated, not merely so it can be understood, but so it cannot be misunderstood. We tell you how to tackle a recipe. We give you the easiest method—McCall’s own step by step way. We define cooking terms precisely, tell you how to measure, how to set a table, how to plan meals for any occasion, and much, much more. Our chapters are arranged alphabetically, and there is an easy index, so you can find whatever you wish without delay. Just as we hope you will learn from us, we have learned from you, from the recipes and short cuts and tips and traditions you have been kind enough to tell us about. Without your help, truly, this book could not have been written.