These volumes are produced collaboratively by volunteer women from charitable organizations, churches, synagogues, heritage associations, clubs, schools, and museums, among others. They represent the group's members and cuisine.
Community cookbooks are a rich source for the culinary historian. They can be read like texts, accurate and reasonably complete reflections of the food habits of the communities that produce them.
Billings, MT: Yellowstone Art Center. 1976. A Very Good Spiral Bound Book. This community cookbook, a unique combination of art by regional artists and marvelous but hard to find recipes by local women, is offered as a very special item to the general public by the Art Center Associates. The.....
Waverly, Ohio: G & R Publishing Company, 1983. Recipes notated with the contributors name.
A book of recipes - "a number of them hitherto unpublished" - presented to promote buying a home and moving to Cooper City, Florida.Background Information:Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959.
![Item #16937 Favorite Recipes of the Beaches [Jacksonville Beach, Florida] Volume 2](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16937.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685029544)
Minnosota: Walter's Publishing Company, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral-bound with Stiff Wraps. A delightful mid-century community cookbook with home-style recipes. The main courses include many that are seafood. The Beaches Leader newspaper Jacksonville Beach, FL. Each recipe has the contributor's name.
![Item #014617 [Gastronomy] Bon Appetit. Secrets from Shanghai Kitchens. Lady Maze, Mrs. V. G. Bowden](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/014617.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648383721)
Shanghai: Self-published, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Compilation of recipes from various somewhat posh foreign notables in Shanghai. The compilers were both wives of the Australian diplomatic corp. Laura Maze, aka Lady Maze, was the wife of Sir Frederick William Maze, the very important Inspector-General of.....
![Item #013552 [Cookery] The New Saint Louis Symphony of Cooking. Women's Assn. of the St. Louis...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/013552.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653776561)
Saint Lewis: Western Printing, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Soft cover. The Saint Louis Cookbook, Bicentennial Edition presents a collection of favorite recipes selected from friends of the St. Louis Symphony - music lovers, orchestra musicians, celebrities', local restaurateurs (Noonday Club, Stix, Baer and Fuller) and a......
![Item #17202 The Geneva Cook Book [New York 19th Century Charity Cookbook]. the Woman's Board of...](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/17202.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693156154)
Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. This cookbook, a hidden gem for Geneva enthusiasts and culinary historians alike, was crafted to support the alma mater of the pioneering female MD graduate from Geneva Medical College. With a unique twist, recipes unfold ingredient details.....
Waaseca, MN: Walter's Cookbooks, First Edition, First Printing. Plastic Comb with stiff illustrated wraps. Discover a treasure trove of diverse family style recipes and culinary traditions, brought together in a delightful community cookbook.
Poughkeepsie, NY: Hamilton Reproductions, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover with yapp edges. An appealing and clever compilation of local recipes and anecdotes prepared by the residents of Woodstock, everything from Swedish pancakes with lingoberries to shrimp jambalaya. Illustrated with drawings and photographs.Uncommon with just 5 institutional copies [oclc]There is.....
Kansas: Cookbook Publishers, 1985. Plastic Spiral with Stiff Wraps. A classic community cookbook with "home-style" recipes with contributor name.
![Item #014163 [Cookery] A Taste of Oregon. Junior League Of Eugene Staff](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/014163.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653822251)
Eugene. Oregon: Junior League of Eugene, 1984. A Near Fine Hardcover. This timeless treasure has sprinkled throughout its pages charming and informative notes on the history of Oregon. Through these, one can truly experience A Taste of Oregon. A Winner of the Southern Living Hall of Fame Award.
![Item #013672 [Cookery] Beyond Parsley. Junior League Of Kansas, Mo Junior League Of Kansas City](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/013672.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651426494)
USA: Junior League of Kansas City, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Garnishing a full array of successful recipes, this delectable collection is liberally sprinkled with browsing tips and special topic boxes on mushrooms, olives, chilies, chutneys, place cards, candles, pestos, centerpieces, table settings, herbs, olive oils.....
![Item #17732 The Pear Tree Cookbook [Festive Recipes, Christmas and New Year's Entertaining]....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/17732.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706445090)
Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 1977. Cover design by Debbie Kloss. Fourth Printing, March 1984. Menus and recipes for holiday entertaining at Christmas and the New Year's.
Kearney, NE: Morris Press, c2002.
Olathe, Kansas: Cookbook Publishers, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Plastic Comb with stiff wraps. A community cookbook from the Naval Aviation Depot Jacksonville.
Miami, Florida: Miami Woman's Club, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Personalized Tropical Cooking.Uncommon with only three copies in institutions.[OCLC/WorldCat 8546051].
Jacksonville, Florida: Ambrose the Printer, Inc., 1972. Second Edition. Very Good Spiral Comb with Stiff Wraps. Complied and published by the University Club of Jacksonville, FL. This is more than a cook's book, it also tells Jacksonville Florida's history in a unique and creative way.
![Item #013843 [Cooking] From My Friends...to My Friends. A Recipe collection from Ruth L. Cohen....](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/013843.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663856427)
Ruth L. Cohen, 1970. A Fine Soft Cover. First published in 1960 this is a second printing from 1970. ----- A lovely spiral bound self-published collection of recipes of classic Americana cuisine.
![Item #15522 St. Augustine Cookery [Florida]. The Flagler Hospital Auxiliary](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15522.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651864680)
St. Augustine, Florida: The Flagler Hospital Auxiliary, 1965. Stapled illustrated Wraps.
Plastic ring bound. A unique community cookbook with recipes organized by regions of the worlds. Published by the Woman's Society of Christian Service, First Methodist Church, Groversville, New York.
1967. Spiral bound illustrated cardstock. A well-made mid-century community cookbook.
1967. Spiral bound illustrated cardstock. A well-made mid-century community cookbook.
Singapore: Printers and Converters Ltd., 1975. A Very Good Soft cover.