Rare Vintage 1970s Cookbook - Cooking With It by Isabelle Downs and Tody Oakley circa 1970 piggy bank this vintage McCoy Pottery matchbox

this vintage McCoy Pottery matchbox holder features the Floral Country pattern with its pretty forget-me-not flowers accented with a big white bloom (possibly a strawberry flower)

especially vintage restaurantware like this plate

slight rub marks due to age

An ingenious and elegant solution - much prettier than toting ice chips from the freezer by hand or serving them in a regular everyday bowl

Rare Vintage 1970s Cookbook - Cooking With It by Isabelle Downs and Tody Oakley circa 1970 piggy bank this vintage McCoy Pottery matchboxA good recipe travels far and lasts long. Isabelle Downs & Tody Oakely {HISTORY} Meet Ethelda Oakley (1921 2015) and Isabelle Downs (1910 1990) of Odessa, Texas. They are the two women behind the 1970 cookbook Cooking With "IT" a rare volume of regional friend and family recipes collected in and around West Texas. Ethelda went by the nickname Tody, which made for a clever title of their book, as the "IT" is a play on words for Tody and Isabelle's