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JELL-O: CANADA'S MOST FAMOUS DESSERT

Date1922
Dimensions6.3 x 4.6"
Credit LineCollection of Museum London. Gift of Ed Phelps, London, 1995.
Object number1995.049.002
Label TextThis booklet provided recipes for inexpensive, yet dainty foods. Fashionable in the early 20th century, dainty foods were delicate, pretty and feminine. Consumers soon accepted Jell-O, invented in 1897, because of a massive advertising campaign. This included the distribution of recipe booklets like this, printed in the millions.
NameCOOKBOOK