The Old Virginia Cook Book of 600 tested and proved recipes: furnished by noted Virginia housewives, few, if any, having ever before appeared in print. Published under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A., Petersburg, VA.
Petersburg, Va. Fenn & Owen, Printers & Binders, [circa 1894]. Octavo (20 x 13 cm.), 206 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. Indices to recipes and to advertisers. Author attribution from bibliographical records. Evident FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook produced in support of the YMCA Building Fund of Petersburg, Va. The recipes, in short narrative form, are attributed with formal names, and include: Confederate States Pudding, Eggs on Foam, Marguerites, Zimmet Kitchen Buns.....