HOLYOKE, MASS: Transcript Publishing Company, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Recipes attributed to church members. Recipes include: Fish Chowder, Escalloped Oysters, Dressing for Turkey, Cold Mutton, Saratoga Potatoes (potato chips), Fritters, Puddings, Connecticut Doughnuts, Molasses Candy, Hop Beer, Food for the Sick, etc. On page..... More

Brooklyn: c. 1962. Spiral bound. 146 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A community cookbook featuring recipes contributed by members of the Brooklyn Wellesley Club. The women represented here were an impressive group - many later became pioneering business leaders, lawyers, and educators. Proceeds from the volume supported the Wellesley College..... More

Scarsdale, NY: 1980. Cards. Unpaginated. 14 x 21.5 cm. A wonderful example of community participation. Illustrated by the children with recipes attributed to the community. More

Gladstone, Oregon: GLADSTONE CHRISTIAN BIBLE SCHOOL, 1909. Staplebound. 70 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by members. Delightful recipes reflecting the era - Puddings, Fritters, Salads, Meats, Confections, and Conserves. Filled with period local advertisements - R. Freytag Fancy Groceries, Cascade Laundry, Pope & Company Hardware, and..... More

Yakima, Washington: How Economics Club, 1929. Paperback. 105 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Recipes attributed to community members. Yakima, Washington was a growing city in an area of agricultural bounty - known for its hops, apples and wine. This community cookbook highlights home baked and cooked treasures. One recipe pinned..... More

Woodbury, Connecticut: 1923. Paperback. 154 pages. 21 x 14 cm. A lovely New England themed community cookbook. Recipe attributed to community members. I particularly love the recipe for SALMAGUNDI: rum, brandy, berries & fruit, sugar - put up for a bit and served over ice cream! Interior lighlty soiled, covers..... More

Waterbury, CT: 1935. Wraps. 57 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to community members. Filled with local advertising. Clean and crisp copy. More

Sharon, MA: General Publishing and Binding, Iowa, 1977. Spiral bound wraps. 350 pages. 22 x 19 cm. Recipes attributed to community members. A delightful array of recipes from the Southern New England Chapter of Hadassah along with the head Rabbi's instructions and advice on keeping a kosher home. Interior lightly..... More

Minneapolis, Minnesota & Edmonds, Washington: 1940. Spiral_bound. 250 pages. 26 x 21 cm. This title plays the role as both a community cookbook and a handwritten cookbook, combining the printed contributions from the female church community members with substantial manuscript additions by Ester Bolin. It has been carefully preserved by..... More

Stafford Springs, Connecticut: c. 1950s. Spiral bound wraps. 83 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Unlike many larger Connecticut mill towns that split into separate national parishes, Stafford Springs never had more than one Catholic parish, St. Edwards's - so Irish, Italian, French-Canadian, Polish, and Syrian parishioners all worshipped together. We..... More

New Britain, Connecticut: 1950. Spiral bound. 132 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. The First Lutheran Church of the Reformation was founded by Swedish immigrants in the 1870s. The volume opens with "Favorite Recipes - Ministers' Wives" and then proceeds to a Smörgasbord section. Our owner must have treasured this section..... More

Torrington, CT: 1911. Second Edition. Wraps. 101 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Recipes attributed to community members. Filled with local advertising. Signed on front cover: "Florence Maye, Mar 4, 1921, From Muriel Lewis, Union Hdw. Co., Torrington, Conn." Interior clean, covers rubbed and toned with some loss at head and..... More

Malvern, PA: c. 1977. Cards. Unpaginated. 15 x 22 cm. Featuring a pen-and-ink line drawing by local artist E.L. Malberti of the Green Tree School locally known as the Little Red Schoolhouse. This drawing of the school is laminated to the front cover displaying the true handcrafted approach to this..... More