Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook Author:Betty Crocker Editors Want to see just what a treasured brand-new 1950 first edition Betty Crocker's Cook Book would like like? All the recipes in this 1998 printing appear, along with the photographs and art, just as they did in 1950. Eating habits may have changed since 1950, but the fond memories of sharing delicious recipes from this cookbook remain the same.