Favorite Recipes from the Heart of Santa Maria is a 1967-68 Santa Maria, California community cookbook filled with family recipes and a dedicated section featuring recipes from local restaurants.
This 204 page ring bound cookbook is organized into entrees, salads and appetizers, luncheon dishes, vegetables and casseroles, desserts, hot breads and sweets, foreign flavor, and Santa Maria restaurants.
The photographed pages include No-Crust Apple Pie, French Cherry Pie, Never-Fail Pastry, and Never-Fail Meringue. The dedication explains that many recipes were originals or came from old family files and were shared by cooks in the Santa Maria Valley, with contributors identified beside their recipes.
Details
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Item: Regional community cookbook
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Title: Favorite Recipes from the Heart of Santa Maria
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Author: Heart-Minded Housewives Committee contributors
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Illustrator: not confirmed from photos
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Publisher: not confirmed from photos
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Publication Year: 1967
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Edition and Printing: Edition and printing not stated. Cover is dated 1967-68 and copyright page states copyright 1967 by A-Troll.
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Format and Binding: Softcover community cookbook with three metal ring binding
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Dust Jacket: Not issued with this format
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Pages: 204
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Genre: Community cookbook, regional California cooking
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Language: English
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ISBN: No ISBN visible in photos
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Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches x 5 3/4 inches x 1/2 inch
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
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Graded Good: Complete and intact with noticeable age and handling wear, while remaining practical and easy to use.
- All pages are reported easy to read.
- The three metal rings remain present and hold the pages together.
- The red and black illustrated cover remains bright and clearly readable.
- The photographed recipe pages remain legible with contributor names and measurements easy to follow.
- The index is present and clearly identifies the cookbook's major recipe sections through page 204.
Issues / Wear
- Minor food or liquid spatter and spotting are present on some interior pages.
- A small pencil notation is present on an interior page.
- The covers show rubbing, handling marks, edge wear, and some spotting.
- A small light-colored surface mark is visible near the title area on the front cover.
- Pages show age toning, with some edges and corners showing handling wear.
- Several binding holes show wear from use around the metal rings.
Condition Grade Key
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Near Fine: Almost perfect. Very minor signs of age only.
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Very Good: Shows light use. Sound and attractive with minor flaws.
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Good: Complete and intact. Noticeable wear consistent with age and use.
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Fair: Shows significant wear. Readable or usable but clearly used.
Collector's Notes
Community cookbooks like this preserved recipes that might otherwise have remained in family files, local kitchens, and restaurant notebooks.
The Santa Maria Valley focus makes this especially interesting for regional California cookbook collectors and anyone looking for recipes tied to a specific hometown.
The separate Santa Maria restaurants section gives this copy another layer beyond the usual collection of family recipes.
It is the kind of cookbook where the contributor names are nearly as interesting as what they cooked.
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Care and Handling:
Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.
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