collecting community cookbooks and modernizing the recipes
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: 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 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 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: Recipes from Wildwood, Wildwood Child Care Food Program Aspen, Colorado 1983
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 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…
Delights for the Holidays compiled by the ALA Staff (undated)
Christmas Memories Cookbook: 350 Favorite Christmas Recipes from Mystic Seaport Members 1985 Mystic, Connecticut
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
VIP Holiday Cookbook Vol. IV First printing 1981, fourth printing 1984 American Cancer Society Northern Virginia Area
Burnt Offerings compiled by North Oakland Fire Authority Auxiliary Holly, Michigan 1984(?)
Recipes from Old Virginia compiled by the Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs 1958 (reprinted 1994, at this point the club had renamed Virginia Extension Homemakers Council) The introduction assures us that all 700+ recipes were “tested time and time again under ordinary home kitchen conditions”. “Proof of the pudding was in its tasting”. There…
Ocean City Museum Society Cookbook 1982
Country Cookbook Sagebrush Round-up compiled by Country Music Association of WV, Inc 1993
The Hagley Museum: Recipes with a Brandywine Tradition compiled by The Hagley Volunteers Cookbook Committee. Wilmington, Delaware 1983
The Padre Cooks: Recipes from Sea and Shore Carmel-by-the-Sea compiled by Carmel High School Class of 1951. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 2001.
A Taste of the Everglades compiled by Everglades City School PTO 1994 Everglades City, Florida There is no indication of what the book’s proceeds went toward, but I’m guessing it was to the Parents Teacher Organization general fund since it was dedicated to them by James E. Hall, principal and it seems like they collected…
Delaware River Gap National Recreation Area Culinary Treasures 25 Anniversary Edition 1965-1990
Queenie’s Cuisine compiled by Bruce Patterson on behalf of the Peninsula Regional Medical Center Foundation