The actual history of California has often resembled a romantic novel... (From Chapter 10 - Sauces & Accompaniments )

{HISTORY}

One of the most beautiful cookbooks ever written about one of the most dynamic agricultural areas of the United States, The California Heritage Cookbook, published in 1976, takes readers and home cooks on a culinary tour of the state section by section. Compiled by the Junior League of Pasadena - the home town of Julia Child - this cookbook showcases the natural abundance and diversity of food choices that makeup the state from seafood on the coast to vineyard wines in the mountains. 

Each chapter opens with the natural history of the area, explaining in fascinating and beautifully written detail what makes each region unique, how historical events defined that specific area and how food was affected by the various cultures that inhabited that specific geographical location.  Spread across 424 pages and eleven chapters, the recipes featured here all incorporate the fresh vegetables that California is known for as well as suggested wine pairings and menus for various California-themed meals like a Rose Bowl Brunch, Sierra Ski Supper or Wine Country Picnic. An instant bestseller upon debut, The Junior League of Pasadena sold over 160,000 copies of this cookbook before publishing a second version, California Heritage Continues, in the late 1980's. 

Beautifully presented with tan cover boards, light brown interior pages, handsome drawings and engaging narrative, this book is just as interesting to read from cover to cover as it is to cook from.  

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- 1976 Edition, 16th Printing

- 424 pages, 11 chapters

- In addition to hundreds of elegant and interesting recipes that run the gamut from French to Italian to American to Asian, Mexican and Nordic foods, this book also contains a bevy of California themed meals like California Brandy Pie, Vineyard Coffee Cake, Wine Country Stew, San Francisco Deviled Crab, Tahoe Brunch, etc.

- Illustrated

{CONDITION}

In beautiful vintage condition. Very clean pages and cover boards. No cooking spots or stains except for four pages with light splatters in the soups and starters chapter. There is also avery very light cooking spot on the front endpaper. 

{SIZE}

Measures 7.25" inches (width) x 10.5" inches (length) x 1.25" inches (thickness)

{FOR THE COLLECTOR}

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