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Item Description
Title: Vintage 1953 "Personal Recipes" Community Cookbook – Rochester, NY
Compiled By: The Miriam Circle of West Avenue Methodist Church
Publisher: North American Press, Kansas City, MO (804 Grand Ave.)
Copyright Date: 1953
Format: Plastic comb/spiral-bound paperback
Item Overview
Up for sale is a wonderfully preserved piece of mid-century Americana and Upstate New York history. This 1953 vintage community church cookbook, titled Personal Recipes, is a curated collection of classic family dishes submitted by the members of the Miriam Circle at the historic West Avenue Methodist Church in Rochester, New York.
Aside from the regional culinary history inside, this piece doubles as a fantastic local ephemera collectible. The front cover showcases a stark, historic illustration of the stone church building once located in Rochester's historic Bulls Head neighborhood. The back cover features a charming, nostalgic vintage advertisement for The Brown Cow Restaurant (formerly The Deluxe Quality), once located at 814 Brown Street.
This is a must-have for vintage cookbook collectors, regional historians of Monroe County/Rochester, or anyone who loves authentic mid-century kitchen recipes!
