Community Cookbooks from

Evansville, Ind: Journal Co., Printers and Binders, 1885. Evansville, Ind.: [The Church; Printed by] Journal Co., Printers and Binders, 1885. [St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Evansville, Ind.); Ladies of the Church]. Octavo (21.5 x 14.75 cm.), 81 pages. Illustrated head- and tailpieces. Advertisements. Index. Cover title: The Perfect Cook. ~ Evident second edition (by inference). An early church cookbook offered… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, Indiana: Indianapolis Journal Company, Printers, 1873. Octavo (22 x 14 cm.), 64 pages. Advertisements. Evident FIRST EDITION. One of the earliest recipe collections associated with the Hoosier State, and the first church cookbook known to have been published in Indianapolis. With one hundred sixty recipes, most of them attributed (at least with initials), including: Gumbo Soup (made with young… Read more about this item

Utica, N.Y.: Converse & Co., Job Printers, 38 Arcade, 1884. Octavo (20.8 x 13.7 cm.), 49, [3] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A slim but very enjoyable community cookbook, issued by a woman's church group from Utica, in Central New York State. The recipes, in narrative form, are often but not always attributed. Most pleasing is the array of typefaces… Read more about this item

St. Paul, Minnesota: Webb Book Publishing Company, 1928. Octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 151 pages. Illustrated. Revised edition; originally published in 1911, and reprinted in 1917. Many printings followed, and in 1942, the book was revised and expanded "containing, in addition to all usual features, a new nutrition section treating fully of vitamins, calories, proteins, and minerals, together with… Read more about this item

[New Bedford, Mass: Girl Scout Leader's Club, 1955. Wire spiral-bound, octavo-sized book (21 x 14 cm.), 112, [1] pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook, offered by the Girl Scout Leader's Club of New Bedford Mass., on Buzzard's Bay southwest of the Cape. Many of the recipes are attributed, and reproductions of the handwritten originals. Original illustrations by Phyllis… Read more about this item

Marion, Massachusetts: Friends and Members, 1960. Mimeographed booklet, hole punched but not bound, (14 x 11.5 cm.), [16 pages (some vertical gatefolds)]. Cover illustrated with a linocut. Title partly from the wrappers. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook for Marion, Massachusett's First Congregational Church. All recipes are attributed, and each is given its own page, some of which are cut… Read more about this item