Grace Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary Cookbook, Saginaw Michigan 1985

This 1985 75th Anniversary Cookbook was compiled by members of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saginaw, Michigan to mark 75 years of the congregation.

The plastic comb binding remains flexible and usable with no brittleness or cracking noted. The cookbook shows staining on the back cover, minor staining on the front cover, and spotting on page 15, but the recipes remain readable.

Most recipes are credited to the church member who submitted them, giving this cookbook the personal feel of a congregation recipe collection rather than a commercial cookbook.

Details

• Item: Vintage church community cookbook
• Title: 75th Anniversary Cookbook
• Compiler: Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church cookbook committee and congregation members
• Publisher: Cookbook Publishers, Inc.
• Publication Year: 1985
• Edition and Printing: Copyright 1985. Printing Not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Plastic comb bound cookbook
• Pages: 109
• Genre: Church, community, and home cooking
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 9 in. by 6 1/4 in. by 1/4 in.

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: This remains a solid, usable church cookbook with a flexible comb binding and readable recipes throughout.
• The plastic comb binding is not brittle or cracked.
• Blank areas for personal notes remain largely unused, leaving room for a new owner to add their own notes.
• Most recipes include the name of the congregation member who contributed the recipe.
• The table of contents includes appetizers, soups, salads, vegetables, main dishes, breads, pastries, cakes, cookies, desserts, candy, jelly, preserves, beverages, microwave recipes, and miscellaneous recipes.
• Photographed recipes include Taco Dip, Spinach Dip, Crabmeat Spread, Pumpkin Bread, Zucchini Bread, Rye Bread, Stollen, Rhubarb Crunch, and other family style dishes.
• A previous owner added a short recommendation beside a sugar cookie recipe, noting that it was good and recording approximate batch sizes.

Issues / Wear

• The back cover has visible staining.
• The front cover has minor staining.
• Page 15 has spotting, but the recipes remain readable.
• The cookbook shows general age and handling wear from use and storage.

This Saginaw church cookbook preserves a local group of member submitted recipes from Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church's 75th anniversary year, with plenty of everyday dishes meant to be cooked rather than simply displayed. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.