The recipes are written in several hands starting with "Favorite War Time Cake." Index of general recipe topics listed in front, as well as other "How Tos" such as instructions for making a 'seed bag' and hand lotion. The book lists names of family and dates of auto accidents, deaths, births, etc. and appears to have been kept by someone who lived in Madison, Wisconsin because of numerous newspaper clippings from "Treats and Trick," The Journal, Madison, Wisconsin. Also includes a few other loose hand written recipes