Los Angeles cookery.

The recipes are divided into "departments" (e.g., "Soup department", "Meat department", "Sauce department", etc.). A "Spanish department" (p. 127-130) gives recipes such as "Estofado", "Fricasseed tripe", "To stuff peppers", "Chili (Spanish) zalza, sauce piquant", "Sopa Espanola", etc. "Spanish" (probably Mexican) and the recipes of other countries (e.g., Germany, France) can be found in every "department". Advertising matter from local merchants, mostly for domestic goods (groceries, tableware, furniture), is interspersed throughout. There is also a full page ad for Univ. of Southern California announcing that its first building has just been completed and its first term will take place on Oct. 6, 1880. The faculty list (10 in all, 6 of them women) includes many of the same names as those who submitted many of the recipes. The introduction to the book itself was written by the first president of USC, M.M. Bovard."The ladies of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, California, are the authors and publishers of this book ..."--P. [5].Cover title.The recipes are divided into "departments" (e.g., "Soup department", "Meat department", "Sauce department", etc.). A "Spanish department" (p. 127-130) gives recipes such as "Estofado", "Fricasseed tripe", "To stuff peppers", "Chili (Spanish) zalza, sauce piquant", "Sopa Espanola", etc. "Spanish" (probably Mexican) and the recipes of other countries (e.g., Germany, France) can be found in every "department". Advertising matter from local merchants, mostly for domestic goods (groceries, tableware, furniture), is interspersed throughout. There is also a full page ad for Univ. of Southern California announcing that its first building has just been completed and its first term will take place on Oct. 6, 1880. The faculty list (10 in all, 6 of them women) includes many of the same names as those who submitted many of the recipes. The introduction to the book itself was written by the first president of USC, M.M. Bovard.Mode of access: Internet.Blue cloth covered wrappers