Lukes Guild (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Comb-bound Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Spiral-bound softcover with VG pages (a few pale spots) and fair exterior (the plastic spiral has a few cracks and the bottom inch is missing; small area lifted by sticker, crease). 192 pages, with recipes and the names of the ladies who made them. [13oz]. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Gourmet According to Saint Luke's by St Luke's Episcopal Church Guild, Hilton Head Island, SC, 1977. 2nd Edition. Spiral Binding. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. Orig owners name in ink inside front cover. Slight edge wear to boards, overall content excellent. 337 Pgs. Contents include: history of St Luke's; Appetizers; Bread; Cakes and Pies; Cookies; Desserts; Fish and Seafood; Meats; Pasta; Poultry; Salads and Dressings; Sauces; Soup; and Vegetables. Recipes are reproduced in the donor's handwriting. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 13916. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. [COOK BOOK] [COOKBOOK - Regional] [WASHINGTON] St. Luke's Guild. Cover title, Guild Cook Book of Tested Recipes (Elma, Washington: St. Luke's Guild, [1931]). Paper wraps; stapled; 72 pp + 6 blank pages titled, Additional Favorite Recipes; index; local advertisements, plus color page inserts for General Mills' Swans Down Cake Flour, Walter Baker & Company (General Foods), and Royal Baking Powder. Former owner's name in ink on front cover (Mrs. Kenneth Boling) and the date 1931 in pencil. Measures 6 x 9 inches. One full-page ad states that the cookbook was printed by The Elma Chronicle. The 1931 date comes from the copyright date on the General Foods color insert for Walter Baker chocolate. Dark streak on front cover; some surface loss on the upper portion of the back cover (not affecting any text); interior is in Near Fine condition. [21-917] Elma is a lumbering community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, located west of Olympia towards the central Washington coast. It was incorporated in the 1880s. St. Luke's Episcopal Church is still active in Elma. This cook book was published just two years into the Great Depression, a time when good, inexpensive home cooking was more important than ever. The Index lists the categories of recipes included: Cocktails and Sauces, Soups, Salads and Dressings, Sea Foods, Meats, Vegetables, Bread and Rolls, Hot Cakes and Waffles, Pies, Puddings and Sauces, Frozen Desserts, Cookies and Doughnuts, Cakes and Icings, Beverages, Sandwiches, Candy, and Pickles, Jelly, Etc. Most of the recipes name the woman contributing them. Besides women of St. Luke's Guild, other women were from the Washington towns of Montesano, Aberdeen, McCleary, Black Lake, Satsop, Klaber, Washougal, Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle. Recipes were also contributed by women in Eugene, Oregon, Austin, California, and Harbor View and Toledo, Ohio. A few cite a cookbook from which they were copied. Another is attributed to Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. PRICE: $ 40.

Hardcover. Octavo, cream boards lettered in black, [5], 145 pp, local ads. A Washington State community cookbook, printed by the pupils of the Washington School for the Deaf. The text prints a wide variety of recipes, including chile con carne, birnen brot (pear bread), wedding cake, Indian Village (for boys) and more. Each chapter contains a brief introduction with tips for preparing different kinds of dishes; the chapter on vegetables is prefaced by a half page on the "medicinal value of vegetables" ("Tomatoes rouse torpid liver.Lettuce has a soothing, quieting effect upon the nerves."). A five page chapter at the end provides recipes for the sick, including beef tea, cracker gruel, and "hints for the sick room". This copy also contains four pages of manuscript recipes on blank pages interleaving the text, including cheese souffle and mayo salad dressing. An excellent copy with slight toning to covers and pages, bit of foxing to front endpaper, owner inscription to front endpaper.