The Junior League of Battle Creek (Compiled by)

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Peacock Pie and other Perfections; Battle Creek's Own Cookbook

Battle Creek, Michigan: The Junior League of Battle Creek, 1965. First Edition. Ring_bound. 230 pages. 22 x 14 cm. The book opens with the history of "Foodtown, U.S.A.," explaining how Battle Creek became the center of a national health craze and the capital of cereal manufacturing. The authors then present a full-page recipe for Peacock Pie. Historical illustrations of local buildings are supplied by Anne Schroder-Higgens, and all recipes are attributed to community members. The cookbook closes with a section devoted to recipes distributed by the Post, Kellogg, and Ralston-Purina companies; meals served at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and recipe created by Edith and Mary Barber and Ida Jean Kain - all former Sanitarium or Kellog Company dietitians who cultivated a national audience for the ideas of healthful eating. Interior clean and crisp. Covers lightly sunned. Blue illustrated wraps. Very good. Item #5104

Price: $75.00