Holly Hobbie's Cookbook

by Holly Hobbie

Offers recipes with illustrated instructions for making pancakes, soups, salads, cakes, cookies, and other simple fare.

Genres: Cookbooks

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Birthed with the name of Denise Holly Ulinskas in 1944, Holly Hobbie first sold her distinctive artwork of the little cat-loving girl who carries herself in a rag dress and giant bonnet. It wasn’t until she married Douglas Hobbie in 1964 when she named her originally nameless character after her.
When the first images of the rag-clothed little girl came to the public’s consciousness, the character has been nothing but the most common design chosen to grace greeting cards. When the girl’s popularity started to soar high, that’s when people started to adopt the name “Holly Hobbie” in reference to the character’s creator.

Reviews

[Sarah]

My mom made me a Holly Hobby doll for my seventh birthday. Consequently, she was very special to me. My younger brother and I loved to look at the pictures in this cookbook and rate each recipe with a "Yum!" or "Yuck." Not sure if we ever actually made anything other than the ice cream sandwich. The recipes were simple enough for even small children and each item showcased both written and pictorial directions as well as a photo of the finished product. Our most emphatic "Yuck!"? The tomato aspic. It seemed highly unappealing to a couple of grade school kids.