British Columbia Women's Institutes — Adventures in Cooking

British Columbia, British Columbia Women's Institutes , 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon cookbook, published to celebrate the one 100th anniversary of the British Columbia Women's Institutes. First edition. In the publisher's cloth binding. This is the Centennial project of the Women's Institutes of British Columbia, with material gathered from the members for histories of each of their respective subjects. The sixteen Women's Institute Districts are also introduced with a brief history of their earliest settlers and pioneers. Recipes such as 'everlasting bread', rabbit stew, salmon loaf, B. C. apple pie, fried oysters and corn bread are interlaced with these histories, making for a uniquely educational cookbook. Illustrated occasionally with black-and-white images of the beautiful sceneries of these districts. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight dust dulling to the cloth, mainly to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities and handling marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, as is found with other copies of this work, but generally clean, with only the odd spot to the endpapers. Ownership bookplate of ones Martin and Pamela Finch to the verso of the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .