The Elsah Landing Restaurant Cookbook by Crafton, Helen; Dorothy Lindgren - 1981

St. Louis, MO: Elsah Landing Restaurant. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. Signed by Author . Signed by Author Second printing. 222 pages. Spiral binding, solid without broken tines. Pictorial cover, all edges rubbed. No markings or soil. Signed by the author. Inscription reads: "To Bobbie & Bill- Happy Memories of Elsah! Helen Crafton." Filled with rich, very tempting recipes often prefaced with personal anecdotes or notes. Elsah Landing is a small Illinois village located between limestone bluffs and the Mississippi River. When Helen Crafton and Dorothy Lindgren opened the restaurant in 1975 there was a line snaking down the sidewalk by 4:30 p.m...by the time they opened at 5 p.m. it seemed like every citizen in the tiny river town of Elsah was ordering soup , salad and dessert... (and) Dorothy didn't know who ordered what...," from the introduction. Contents: Breads, Soups, Desserts, (13) Menus- which have the recipe for each course. Index. Examples from each section (chosen with some difficultly): Colossal Corn Bread & Applesauce Fig Loaf; Grandma Smith's Clam Chowder & Cream of Spinach and Sorrel Soup; Frosty Lime Pie & Orange Marmalade Pie; Menus: Sledding Day Supper - Country Sauerbraten, Potato Gnocchi, Red Cabbage with Rasberries, Braised Leeks, Traditional Linzertorte. And. Guest for Dinner - Marinated Eye of Round, Watercress and Apple Salad, Noodle Kugel, Steamed Broccoli, Lemon Ice. ; 8vo .