Beary, Beary Good Blueberry Recipes compiled by the Ark-La-Tex Blueberry Growers Association 2002 I love a single subject cookbook! The contributors are largely blueberry farmers but there is also a blueberry pageant winner contributor and a few people whose affiliation is unknown. The farmers are all listed with their farm’s name. Unsurprisingly the recipes tend…
Coconut Easter Eggs
updated and adapted from Irene Galloway’s Easter Eggs recipe appearing in Pro-Kids Potluck compiled by PRO-Kids, Inc of Charleston, West Virginia (best guess, 1996 or 1997)
Ethnic Cooking in Hawaii
Ethnic Cooking in Hawaii complied by PASS (Providing Assistance for Student Success) students, parents and teachers at Castle High School and Radford High School (undated) According to the introduction recipes were shared by students reflecting their language and culture “It can be truly said that no one really knows a culture until one has a…
Noted Cookery
Noted Cookery: Favorite Recipes from Friends of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra compiled by the Junior Group of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1969 The book states that they “gathered, tested, typed, and proofed recipes” and had received over 1400 recipes! The book contains 750 and is a very professional looking hardback. They had a number of…
Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans
Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans complied by the Old Ursuline Convent, Chartres Street New Orleans, Louisiana 1971 (7th printing 1980) This book opens with a history of the convent about how the nuns helped “little female orphans” and the survivors of “Indian massacres” and had special classes for “Negro and Indian girls” to learn…
Cooking with the Groundhog
Cooking with the Groundhog compiled by The Adrian Hospital Auxiliary of Punxsutawney, Pa 1958 The book opens with a recipe for cooking groundhog credited to “The Seer” followed by a poem about Punxsutawney and then a short history of how the area got its names and the groundhog which predicts the weather which they call…
Potluck Potpourri
Potluck Potpourri: Recipes from Wildwood, Wildwood Child Care Food Program Aspen, Colorado 1983
Cooking in the Chesapeake Country
Cooking in the Chesapeake Country. Galena Volunteer Fire Company, Galena, Maryland 1967 This is not my first book from Galena! Or Kent County for that matter. This one was “prepared by the women of the community for The Galena Volunteer Fire Company” and all proceeds went to the Galena Volunteer Fire Company Building Fund. They…
Ship to Shore: Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Recipes
Ship to Shore: Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Recipes Virgin Islands 1983 The forward outlines how the Virgin Islands are a “true paradise” with “crystal-blue waters” and extoll the virtues of seeing the islands on yachts. These are the recipes of the chefs on those yachts. No mention of where the profits of the book went…
Deviled Meatloaf
Updated and adapted from Josie Voorhees’ recipe for Deviled Meatloaf appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)
Peanut Butter Orange Bread
adapted from Louise Arnold’s Peanut Orange Bread recipe appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)
Cooking Favorites
Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg, Pa (undated)
Selected Recipes of the Pink Caps
Selected Recipes of the Pink Caps compiled by Henry General Hospital Auxiliary of Henry County, Georgia 1990 (second edition)
CHS Cooks…
CHS Cooks… compiled by Lumen Vitae Auxiliary of Children’s Home Society Lompoc, CA 1987 CHS of California was the “largest voluntarily supported counseling and adoption agency in America” and was founded in 1891 and in 1961 they formed the auxiliary that put out this cookbook. Other fundraising attempts they’ve made were bridge marathons, Santa visits,…
Delights for the Holidays
Delights for the Holidays compiled by the ALA Staff (undated)
Christmas Is…Good Things to Eat
Christmas Is…Good Things to Eat A collection of recipes compiled by TORCH Business and Professional Woman’s Club, Danville, Virginia
Christmas Memories Cookbook
Christmas Memories Cookbook: 350 Favorite Christmas Recipes from Mystic Seaport Members 1985 Mystic, Connecticut
PILCO Holiday Dessert Cookbook 1980
PILCO Holiday Dessert Cookbook 1980
Quelque Chose pour un Joyeux Noel: Acadian Recipes for Christmas Dinners and Desserts
Quelque Chose pour un Joyeux Noel: Acadian Recipes for Christmas Dinners and Desserts edited by Mercedes Vidrine, Illustrations by J. A. Allen recipe contributions by readers of the Opelousas Daily World 1967
Monster Cookies
Monster Cookies updated and adapted from Alison Parson’s Monster Cookies appearing in What’s Cooking in Our All-American City? II Junior Jam compiled by Rockingham Junior Woman’s Club, 1985