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Includes 300 recipes from 13 of the earliest California cookbooks; 152 pages; $5.95. To purchase from Amazon, click on cover.
Featuring 250 recipes from 15 landmark vegetarian cookbooks; 152-pages; $5.95. To buy from Amazon, click on cover.
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
An 1898 Gem: Chicken in Pineapple-Chorizo-Almond Sauce
Most of the 13 cookbooks represented in Vintage California Cuisine are rudimentary, to put it politely. El Cocinero Español (The Spanish Cook), California’s first Spanish language cookbook, published in San Francisco in 1898 by Encarnación Pinedo, is a notable exception. … Continue reading
Posted in Main Courses, Recipes
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A First in 1884: Salad Dressing Recipe Labeled “Californian”
Labeling culinary items and concepts “Californian” is such a cliché these days that it’s hard to imagine there was a time when the state’s name had no such cachet. Yet such was the case in the first decades after statehood, … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes, Salads
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S.F. Celebrity Chef a Century Ago Swore by Prune Souffle
French born and trained Victor Hirtzler drew culinary tourists from around the world to the lavish Hotel St. Francis dining room in San Francisco during his more than two decades as head chef at the landmark restaurant beginning in 1904. His prune souffle is “a … Continue reading
Courtesy of the Theosophists of 1897, Poor Man’s Cake
The first recipe I’ve chosen to report on here is Poor Man’s Cake. I’m in Los Angeles for a couple of weeks, back on a visit to my old stomping grounds from my new home base in Philadelphia. I’m staying at my … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Recipes, Vegetarian
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