collecting community cookbooks and modernizing the recipes
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 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…
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
The Hagley Museum: Recipes with a Brandywine Tradition compiled by The Hagley Volunteers Cookbook Committee. Wilmington, Delaware 1983
Historical Mackinac Island Cook Book compiled and edited by Ralph F. Sommer DDS MS F.A.C.D., Professor of Dentistry, Univ. of Mich. to benefit the maintenance of the Mackinac Medical Center 1964 (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
The Flavor of Chester County complied by Chester County Junior Women’s Clubs First edition 1972, Revised edition 1975
Philadelphia Homestyle Cookbook
Jersey Shore Cooks and Artists illustrated by The Manasquan River Group of Artists to benefit the Point Pleasant Hospital Guild, Point Pleasant, NJ 1958
Cape May Fare: A Collection of Recipes from Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
This Is It! Published by the Class of 1981 US Army War College Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 1981
The Flavor of Jackson’s Mill: Favorites of West Virginia 4-H’ers, Extension Homemakers and Friends
Bicentennial Heritage Recipes compiled by Beta Sigma Phi International 1976 (Special Limited Edition)
Alcatraz Women’s Club Cook Book
The Historical Society of Washington County Maryland presents A Collection of Treasured Regional Recipes
Tricentennial Cookbook: 300 Years 1696-1996 At Home in History, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Let’s Dish! 50th Anniversary Edition Then & Now Recipe Collection compiled by the Howard County Historical Society