Vintage Pope-Gosser St. Regis Covered Dish circa 1940s-1950s kids book Set in rural France in

Set in rural France in the 1930s

a city cafe or a country cookhouse

this 1943 edition of The American Woman's Cook Book is a giant when it comes to culinary history in both size and scope

and a large screened patio

Vintage Pope-Gosser St. Regis Covered Dish circa 1940s-1950s kids book Set in rural France in{HISTORY} Pleasantly formal. Those were the words used to describe Pope Gosser's St. Regis pattern in advertisements from the early 1950s. The ads went on to describe this pink floral pattern as "elegant and rich looking for your most important occasions yet appropriate for family meals too." Nowadays, we'd consider this a fancy pattern and might think that we should just reserve it for our most special of occasions, celebrations, or holidays. But the