Patsy's Reflections : learn to cook by pictures : Mirror Features ; The Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd., London : c.1950 : title page
A remarkable spirally bound landscape book full of the 'learn to cook with Patsy' cartoon strip that it appears the Daily Mirror ran in post-war years to help new cooks navigate their way through not only unfamiliar recipes but post-war rationing and shortages. The comic strip approach covers many areas of both cooking, with a variety of recipes, but also other home and domestic issues. The premise is that Patsy got married to Peter in 1946 and, towards the end of the book, Patsy and Peter are new parents and so strips dedicated to bringing up baby.
The book also contains a series of full page colour adverts, no doubt intended to offset the production and cost; the book retailed at 5/- (Five Shillings). It was produced by Mirror Features, part of the Daily Mirror Newspaper Group and it is curiously anonymous apart from the name "Dunkley" hidden on the front cover. This will be Jack Dunkley (1906 - 1994) who worked for the Mirror group for many years. As well as Patsy he drew 'Mr. Digwell', a gardening strip, and is often recalled for his long running cartoon strip "The Larks".
Patsy's Reflections : learn to cook by pictures : Mirror Features ; The Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd., London : c.1950 : title page
A remarkable spirally bound landscape book full of the 'learn to cook with Patsy' cartoon strip that it appears the Daily Mirror ran in post-war years to help new cooks navigate their way through not only unfamiliar recipes but post-war rationing and shortages. The comic strip approach covers many areas of both cooking, with a variety of recipes, but also other home and domestic issues. The premise is that Patsy got married to Peter in 1946 and, towards the end of the book, Patsy and Peter are new parents and so strips dedicated to bringing up baby.
The book also contains a series of full page colour adverts, no doubt intended to offset the production and cost; the book retailed at 5/- (Five Shillings). It was produced by Mirror Features, part of the Daily Mirror Newspaper Group and it is curiously anonymous apart from the name "Dunkley" hidden on the front cover. This will be Jack Dunkley (1906 - 1994) who worked for the Mirror group for many years. As well as Patsy he drew 'Mr. Digwell', a gardening strip, and is often recalled for his long running cartoon strip "The Larks".