The interior of this book is an exact replica of the 1927 hardcover 4th edition. Each and every page of the original hardcover has been scanned in high resolution to create this paperback reprint. Its 258 pages are filled with all the old style, all-natural recipes you are looking for, including the famous apple fritter recipe. The "look inside" feature shows exactly what the pages look like. The first few printings of this book had dark pages, but that has been fixed. "Good Meals and How to Prepare Them" is one of the classic cookbooks from the 1920s, still popular today due its quality recipes and spirit of "plain cooking at its finest." Use the "look inside" feature to get a sense of this sought-after vintage cookbook. And incidentally, if you like "Good Meals and How to Prepare Them," you may also love the other most famous cookbook from this time period, The Five Roses Cook Book, which has recently been re-released as a paperback facsimile, and which also showcases an amazing variety of outstanding home cooking recipes and its own fritter and bread recipes recipes (see ISBN 979-8849324159 on Amazon).