[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] BURNT TOAST

Los Angeles, November, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange illustrated cloth covered boards. Good. 223 pages. 21 x 16 cm. Recipes attributed to Members and friends of the Community. The Women's Auxiliary of the California Babies' and Children's Hospital, a non-profit organization, was founded on February 2, 1931. The Auxiliary's purpose - to raise funds to purchase equipment and to hospitalize and furnish medicines for needy babies and children of Los Angeles County, regardless of color or creed. This book was published in hopes of funding the building of a new hospital. A huge array of recipes including Foreign Dishes (French, English, Scotch, Swedish, Mexican, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, and Chinese). Chapter entitled "I Made it up Myself" includes Fresh Cocoanut Ice Cream, "Jewel" Cocktail (Whiskey), Ginger-Jam Cake, and many more. Other chapters: Household Hints, Menus, Our Men and Their Recipes, Parties, Infant Feeding, Invalid Cookery, and much more. Local Advertisements interspersed. A few cooking stains, otherwise clean. Previous repair to joints, holding. Covers rubbed at corners and spine.