Our History

1950s Recipes for Tacos

In the 1950s, a family could enjoy a real Mexican dinner at home with these taco recipes from Old El Paso. 

Our Oldest Cookbooks

Maria Parloa’s “Miss Parloa’s New Cook Book” was the first cookbook distributed by Washburn, Crosby Co., in 1880. It included recipes for “Saddle of Venison, which told readers to “Carefully scrape off the hair and wipe with a damp towel…” Learn about our five oldest cookbooks, on “A Taste of General Mills.”