# Looking for a 60's paperback cookbook **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059 "2024-09-10T13:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059/1 "2024-09-10T13:27:08Z")
This is like looking for that needle in a haystack, but in the 60’s I had a paperback ‘counterculture’ cookbook from perhaps a commune. Written by a rather cynical or cynical hippie chick. The title may have had the word ‘Grub’ and the cover was sort of Aubrey Beardsley-esque. The only recipe I remember was for using carob powder instead of cocoa (I mixed it with ricotta and sugar and it was fantastic). If it sounds familiar, please let me know. I looked on Etsy, found the usual suspects (Moosewood, psychedelic groovy recipes, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Gryphea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@Gryphea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gryphea)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059/2 "2024-09-10T13:33:20Z")
was it “THE GRUB BAG by Ita Jones 1970” ? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059/3 "2024-09-10T14:12:52Z")
OMG OMG OMG - YES! That’s it !!! 🤩 😍 😚 Thank you! It’s been on my mind lately. Thank you so much! The Straight Dope follows through again! 😃