"Old English Breakfast Recipe," When You Entertain: What To Do and How, Page. 90

The ingredients used for “An Old English Christmas Dinner Menu” are CocaCola, barley broth, saltines, goose, apple stuffing, black current jam, potatoes, brussel sprouts, cole slaw, celery, walnuts, plum pudding, nuts, coffee, and fruit. The recipe does not give further instructions for preparation, instead it gives advice throughout the chapter for how to properly and formally dress the table for the occasion. This recipe is located under a chapter labelled “Celebrating Holidays Gaily,” and speaks to the middle to upper-class domestic homemaker audience through the inclusion of certain ingredients. The ingredients used are not cheap or easy to come by, especially in 1932 during the Great Depression and rationing guidelines, such as the listed coffee, meat, and the sugar that would have been used in certain foods like “plum pudding,” and “black current jam.” This is a prime example of what most recipes in the book consist of: meat, starch (such as potatoes), a vegetable dish and then dessert with coffee as well as CocaCola at some point.

"Pet Party Recipe," When You Entertain: What To Do and How, Page. 98 

The recipe uses oranges, pineapple, grapes, eggs, bread, peas, potatoes, ice cream sandwiches, milk and mini cakes (assume flour, sugar, milk, butter, eggs, etc.). This example speaks to the purpose of the book and overall gendered theme, as the main impression from this recipe is that the reader is a domestic homemaker who should already know how to make all the recipes listed, and would not require further food preparing instructions. Within the next page, Allen further carries this theme and role of the homemaker as the domestic goddess, by going into detail on how she should mindful of what the party will look like aesthetically (table setting, decorations, clothing worn by hosts and guests, games and entertainment ideas to provide, etc.), as well as how the hostess should approach serving the guests in both a respectful and smart manner.