Title: Better Homes and Gardens

Type: Monthly Publication Magazine


Publisher: Meredith Corporation

Tagline: The Idea Magazine For Better Homes and Families

Release Date: March 1970

Volume: 51

Issue Number: 6

Color: Yes

Era: Post-Modernism

Style: Vintage, 1970's


Size: Large Edition

Theme: American, Nostalgia



Magazine Size:  9 1/2" x 12 1/2"



Magazine Type:  Soft Cover


Number of Pages: 190 pages

Headlines:

• THE OUTDOOR LIFE: a full issue of great ideas for summer--cookouts, block parties, easy picnics, and backyard fun!
• FAMILY TRAVEL: Back to the land vacations
• Outdoor furnishings to buy new-- or make new again
• Will your child be hooked on drugs?
• Crafts festivals -- old-fashion arts, newfangled fun
• Cookout '73: A special tear-out section of great recipes for foolproof barbecues
  
• Giant strawberry tart (cover) recipe inside
  

COVER: photograph by Fred Lyon

Table of Contents:

FOOD

• 30 - How to make the dessert on our cover
• 32 - He cooks--Harvey Wallbanger cake
• 88 - Cookout '73
• 94 - No-cook picnics
• 99 - Cookout '73 recipe booklet
• 108 - Salads to go
• 111 - Prize tested recipes
• 114 - Icy summer coolers
• 116 - Win money for your recipes
• 119 - Posh summer squash: Zucchini
• 120 - A meal on the go
• 124 - Custom cones
• 132 - Fresh sour cherries
• 135 - Canned food care
  

EQUIPMENT

• 46 - Kitchen problem solved
• 122 - How to remove summer stains
• 136 - Cooking gear for outdoor chefs
• 150 - Blender basics

CRAFTS

• 140 - Sewing with vinyl
  

CARS IN YOUR FAMILY

• 8 - How to gauge your car's performance
• 14 - Buying a camper? Consider all the options
  

FAMILY GROOMING

• 10 - On-the-go grooming
  

HOME FURNISHINGS

• 76 - Casual furniture
• 176 - Storage to fit the space
  

FAMILY HEALTH

• 18 - Will your child be hooked on drugs?
  

GARDEN

• 60 - Outdoor storage where you need it
• 64 - Setting the scene for outdoor living
• 163 - Gardening in June
• 166 - Houseplant how-to
  

• 4 - What's happening to the American family?
  

FAMILY MONEY MANAGEMENT

• 34 - Can you save by renting summer equipment?
• 34 - Are you making the most of fringe benefits?
• 40 - An easy guide to real estate terms
  

HOME ENTERTAINING

• 84 - Block parties
• 134 - How to arrange daylilies
• 178 - Windproof summer settings

NEWS AND SHOPPING


• 66 - Good news
• 180 - Shopping editor's choice; for shopping information on products show in this issue

CONTRIBUTORS:

• James A. Autry / Wayne A. Miller / Myles Callum / Bill Yates / James A. Riggs / George Bush / Jack D. Rehm / Duane L. Gregg / James R. Narber / Morton Bailey Jr. / Doris Eby / Janice Heckroth / Joan McCloskey / Nancy Byal / Priscilla Hanson Kruse / Hamilton Mason / Don Armstrong / Stephen Mead / David Ashe / Jerry Pinkham / Richard W. Jones / Elizabeth Craster / Morley Smith / Robert E. Dittmer / Rhoda Billsten / Pamela Wilson Cullison / Gerald Knox / Margaret Daly / Douglas M. Lidster / Gordon G. Greer / Albert Lee / Kate Keating / Tony Swan / Mary Ann Robertson / Katie Norris / Ray Deaton / Gerald Preator / Ernest Shelton / John Baker / Dorothy Miller / Ray Woods / Margaret McMahon / Carol Bassin Helms / Nina Doreson / Leslie Colcord / Elizabeth Gilrain / Jill Abeloe / Marion Viall / Carol Miller / Lue Calkins / Adolph Auerbacher / Terry Wadle / Dorothy Hasley / Elvin Fickel / Dorothy Walker / Fred Bohen / E.T. Meredith III / Robert A. Burnett / H.Y. Engeldinger / Frank Furbush / Wayne A. Miller / Donald L. Arnold / John Gregg / James Conley / Allan Ferrin / Jack Barlass / Walter Voss / William H. Straw / Dean Ankrum / Gerald D. Thorton / Thomas G. Fisher
  
  

Origin: Des Moines, Iowa (IA)

Country: Printed in the U.S.A. | United States | USA

Condition: Good (item may show signs of water damage on the cover & also, the item may show signs of general wear due to age--please see photos!)


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