Good Things from Good Cooks. Compiled by the managers and sold for the benefit of the Cottage Hospital
1909rif. 6331Santa Barbara: Press of Pacific Coast Publishing Co 1909. Octavo 20.5 x 14.5 cm. 256 pages. Index. Illustrated. Eight photographic plates precede the title-page. Evident FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook in service of the Cottage Hospital with a preface in verse with four stanzas. The recipes are attributed and begin with a section of "Spanish Receipts" led with Delfina de la Guerra's Albondigas de Pescado made with barracuda or sea bass. Other sections include Soup Fish oysters and shell fish Meats Vegetables Eggs Entrees Turkey chicken etc. Salad Breads Cake Cookies Puddings and pies Desserts and ices Pickles Preserves and jellies Drinks Candy Diets for invalids Chafing dish Miscellaneous and Menus. The preserves section is interesting in that it leans towards citrus and contains a range of marmalades. The menus include several from the magnificent Potter Hotel. The photographic plates depict classic Santa Barbara scenes: the Old Mission the Potter Hotel the waterfront the Potter Hotel the Santa Barbara Country Club the Cliff Drive and more. Some adhesive offsetting to endpapers; final leaf a bit creased otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. OCLC locates twelve copies; Cook page 31; Glozer 286; not in Strehl. Press of Pacific Coast Publishing Co unknown books
