The front cover has a drawing of a canner with canned and fresh food around it on a blue background with white shading and stripes and a yellow banner, seals from Good Housekeeping, Parents Magazine and Underwriters Laboratory. The print is red, black and white. The back cover is blue. It has a white box, red check marks, a slogan and white, red and black print. Inside the back cover is an advertisement for the Mirro-Matic 4 and 8 quart pans. The inside features a slogan, a notice concerning recipes sizes and instructions saying Don't fill the pan over three quarters full of soup, photos and drawings, table of contents, Important instructions to be read before cooking, how to cook, gasket instructions, list of important don?ts, features of the pan, simplicity of design makes cleaning easy, vitamins, flavor and time savings, charts and recipes for fresh vegetables, dried vegetables, dried fruits, fresh fruits, cereals, meats, poultry and game, soups and chowders, how to get wide variety in mirro-matic cooking, whole meal cooking, combination dishes, fish and sea food, macaroni, desserts, sauces, questions and answers, pressure canning instructions, recipes and tables, sterilization, time table for cooking frozen vegetables, parts for canner listed by number and price, information about testing and approval, accessories listed and index.