Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron

I. Home at Last

II. Bettina's First Real Dinner

III. Bettina's First Guest

IV. Bettina Gives a Luncheon

V. Bob Helps to Get Dinner

VI. Cousin Matilda Calls

VII. A New-Fashioned Sunday Dinner

VIII. Celebrating the Fourth

IX. Uncle John and Aunt Lucy Make a Visit

X. Ruth Inspects Bettina's Kitchen

XI. Bettina's Birthday Gift

XII. Bettina's Father Tries Her Cooking

XIII. Bob Helps With the Dinner

XIV. A Sunday Evening Tea

XV. A Motor Picnic

XVI. Bettina Has a Caller

XVII. Bob Gets Breakfast on Sunday

XVIII. Bettina Gives a Porch Party

XIX. Bettina and the Expense Budget

XX. Mrs. Dixon and Bettina's Experiment

XXI. A Rainy Day Dinner

XXII. Buying a Refrigerator

XXIII. Bettina's Sunday Dinner

XXIV. Bettina Visits a Tea-room

XXV. Bettina Entertains Alice and Mr. Harrison

XXVI. Over the Telephone

XXVII. Bettina Has a Baking Day

XXVIII. Polly and the Children

XXIX. Bettina Puts Up Fruit

XXX. A Cool Summer Day

XXXI. Bob and Bettina Alone

XXXII. Bettina Attends a Morning Wedding

XXXIII. After the "Tea"

XXXIV. Bettina Gives a Porch Breakfast

XXXV. A Piece of News

XXXVI. Bettina Entertains Her Father and Mother

XXXVII. The Big Secret

XXXVIII. After the Circus

XXXIX. Mrs. Dixon Asks Questions

XL. A Telegram from Uncle Eric

XLI. Bettina Entertains State Fair Visitors

XLII. Uncle John and Aunt Lucy

XLIII. Sunday Dinner at the Dixon's

XLIV. A Rainy Evening at Home

XLV. Ruth Makes an Apple Pie

XLVI. Bettina Makes Apple Jelly

XLVII. After a Park Party

XLVIII. Bettina Spills the Ink

XLIX. Bettina Attends a Porch Party

L. A Dinner Cooked in the Morning

LI. A Sunday Dinner

LII. Bob Makes Peanut Fudge

LIII. Dinner at the Dixon's

LIV. A Good-bye Luncheon for Bernadette

LV. Bettina Plans an Announcement Luncheon

LVI. Ruth and Bettina Make Preparations

LVII. A Rainbow Announcement Luncheon

LVIII. An Early Caller

LIX. Ruth Comes to Luncheon

LX. A Kitchen Shower for Alice

LXI. A Rainy Night Meal

LXII. Alice Gives a Luncheon

LXIII. Motoring with the Dixons

LXIV. Ruth Makes Baking Powder Biscuits

LXV. Plans for the Wedding

LXVI. A Guest to a Dinner of Left-Overs

LXVII. A Handkerchief Shower

LXVIII. Just the Two of Them

LXIX. A Luncheon in the Country

LXX. A "Pair Shower" for Alice

LXXI. Bob Makes Popcorn Balls

LXXII. And Where Was the Dinner

LXXIII. Alice Tells Her Troubles

LXXIV. The Dixons Come to Dinner

LXXV. The Wedding Invitations

LXXVI. Hallowe'en Preparations

LXXVII. Hallowe'en Revels

LXXVIII. A Foretaste of Winter

LXXIX. Surprising Alice and Harry

LXXX. A Dinner for the Bridal Party

LXXXI. Rehearsing the Ceremony

LXXXII. After the Wedding

LXXXIII. A "Happen-in" Luncheon

LXXXIV. Uncle John a Guest at Dinner

LXXXV. During the Teachers' Convention

LXXXVI. A Luncheon for the Teachers

LXXXVII. Ruth Comes to Luncheon

LXXXVIII. The Hickory Log

LXXXIX. Some Christmas Plans

XC. After the Football Game

XCI. A Thanksgiving Dinner in the Country

XCII. Planning the Christmas Cards

XCIII. Harry and Alice Return

XCIV. The Firelight Social

XCV. Alice's Troubles

XCVI. Some of Bettina's Christmas Plans

XCVII. More of Bettina's Christmas Shopping

XCVIII. Christmas Gifts

XCIX.. A Christmas Shower

C. Bettina Gives a Dinner

CI. Bob's Christmas Gift to Bettina

CII. A Christmas Breakfast

CIII. A Supper for Two

CIV. Alice Comes to Luncheon

CV. Ruth Stays to Dinner

CVI. How Bettina Made Candy

CVII. Ruth's Plans

CVIII. A Luncheon for Three

CIX. The Dixons Come to Dinner

CX. A Steamed Pudding

CXI. On Valentine's Day

CXII. Rutht Gives a Dinner for Four

CXIII. Alice Practices Economy

CXIV. A Company Dinner for Bob

CXV. Supper After the Theatre

CXVI. Washington's Birthday Plans

CXVII. An Afternoon with Bettina

CXVIII. A Washington's Birthday Tea

CXIX. Another Oven Dinner

CXX. Bob Makes Pop-Overs

CXXI. In March

CXXII. A Fireless Cooker for Aunt Lucy

CXXIII. The Dixons Drop in for Dessert

CXXIV. Ruth Passes By

CXXV. Bettina Entertains a Small Neighbor

CXXVI. A Sunday Night Tea

CXXVII. A Shamrock Luncheon

CXXVIII. At Dinner

CXXIX. An Anniversary Dinner

CXXX. Ruth Comes to Dinner

CXXXI. Mildred's Spring Vacation

CXXXII. Helping Bettina

CXXXIII. Helping with a Company Dinner

CXXXIV. Mildred's Day

CXXXV. Polly Comes for Mildred

CXXXVI. Mildred's Plans

CXXXVII. A Luncheon for Polly

CXXXVIII. Furs to Put Away

CXXXIX. Planning a Children's Party

CXL. The Party Circus

CXLI. Planning a Luncheon

CXLII. The New Car

CXLIII. In Housecleaning Time

CXLIV. Mrs. Dixon Happens in

CXLV. Engagement Presents

CXLVI. With Housecleaning Over

CXLVII. Spring Marketing

CXLVIII. Plans for the Wedding

CXLIX. Entertaining the Wedding Guests

CL. The Bridemaids' Dinner

CLI. A Morning Wedding in June

CLII. The First Year Ends

Index

No, you cannot live on kisses,
Though the honeymoon is sweet,
Harken, brides, a true word this is —
Even lovers have to eat.
This charming vintage cookbook, with its innocently suggestive title, reads like a novel as it follows the fictional lives of a pair of newlyweds. Join Bettina and Bob as they eat their way through their first year of marriage, from the bride's first real dinner and a Sunday evening tea to baking day, a rainy night meal, and Thanksgiving festivities. Menus for all occasions are seasoned with anecdotes about family life, friendships, household hints, and budgetary concerns.
Originally published in 1917, this volume offers a delightful look at homemaking before the advent of sophisticated appliances and fast food as well as the modern reality of women's work outside the home. Unintentionally funny and historically revealing, the whimsically illustrated narrative abounds in simple and surprisingly relevant recipes.