The major part of the booklet is devoted to the ethnic recipes collected, all but eight of the total thirty-six presented as popular foods eaten at Christmas time. Most are assigned a nationality label although some may have easily crossed European borders. The breakdown was as follows: two Lithuania six British (Christmas cake, pudding, and sauce recipes); two each for Danish, Yugoslav, and Ukrainian; and four each for Czech, Italian, Portuguese, and Italian. Only two of the eight 'Year Around Recipes' were ethnically marked Finger Frets' (Austrian pastry) and "German Cake.' The remaining Canadian recipes would have been familiar to Anglo-Torontonians: pumpkin pie, tuna casserole, and chicken and rice combinations. As Szalowski hoped, the borscht and beef la Stroganoff, although European in origin, were also presented as Canadian recipes perfect for the busy mother. (Her cute asides for the borsht and pancake recipes were also includ Again, the recipes reflected and rein- forced the mainstreaming of economical and nutritious European-origin foods, with commercially prepared ketchup and tinned or packaged soups acting as the items of homogenization.