Whiffs of Smoke

Copyright 1965, W. Lee Slayton
The back reads:

There's magic in a whiff of smoke. Magic that turns a simple hot dog or hamburger into a sensational meal - or a steak into a regal banquet. With just a whiff of smoke, everyday foods take on new appeal and excitement that no seasoning ingredient can offer.
....just open the book and get acquainted with the flavor magic in---WHIFFS OF SMOKE!!

Manwich is its own reward

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50 Famous Manwich Recipes

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copyright 1971, 1974 Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.

The inside reads:
The Manwich is coming. The Manwich is coming!

In fact Manwich sandwich sauce is here.
It makes the best tasting sloppy joe in America.

What's Cooking? How To Win Favor Through Flavor

Inside cover of What's Cooking?

This girl seems to be attempting to please two men with her baked goods. We'll just leave it right there.

The book is loaded with helpful advice on pleasing everyone with food:

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It may just be Tom, or it may be 6 or 8 dropping in after the game but any gal who knows her way around a kitchen won't lose a single friend. Joe will wax lyrical over your Brownies, though he never looked twice at your honey-blond curls. Men are like that...

What's Cooking?

A Cookbook for Teen-Agers and Others.

Found this at an antique mall in South Bend, IN. It does not seem to have publishing date but my guess is that it's from 1941-1947.

Here's what the first page says:

WHAT'S COOKING?
You Probably!
....Grasp this book firmly in one hand, and a big spoon in the other. Tie your bob out of your eyes, an apron around your middle, sing out your special battle cry, and plunge.

And-just in passing-remember, the way to a man's heart....