St. Helen School Saginaw Michigan Reading Riting and Recipes Cookbook 1985 Fundcraft Spiral Bound

This is the St. Helen School in Saginaw, Michigan Reading, 'Riting, and Recipes cookbook, a 1985 comb bound community fundraiser cookbook printed by Fundcraft Publishing, with 215 pages of recipes plus an index.

The pages are clean and easy to read and the plastic spine is solid, while the front cover shows stains, a small burn mark, and edge wear, all shown in the photos.

Families of St. Helen School sent in their favorite dishes, and most recipes carry the name of the person who submitted them, so a reader may find a relative's recipe inside. It opens with a Happiness Recipe and runs through salads, main dishes, potatoes, and desserts, from Copper Pennies and Poor Man's Salami to Hungarian Pastry and homemade ice cream.

Details

• Item: Community fundraiser cookbook
• Title: St. Helen School Reading, 'Riting, and Recipes
• Author: St. Helen School families and friends, Saginaw, Michigan
• Illustrator: Not confirmed 
• Publisher: Fundcraft Publishing, Inc. (book number 582-5)
• Publication Year: 1985
• Edition and Printing: Not confirmed 
• Format and Binding: Softcover, brown plastic comb binding
• Dust Jacket: None, as issued
• Pages: 215 pages of recipes, plus a blank Extra Recipes page, index, a section for your own favorite recipes, and calorie counters
• Genre: Cookbook, community cookbook
• Language: English
• ISBN: None
• Dimensions: 8 in x 6 in x 1 in

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: This cookbook is complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named here.
• Pages are clean and easy to read, with no food spatters in the pages shown.
• The plastic comb spine is whole, with every ring in place.
• The back cover is clean, with only light marks.
• Most recipes carry the contributor's name, such as Sister Corinne Weiss, Sue Sobol, and Jane Gates.
• Contents include salads such as Baked Chicken Salad, Carrot Salad, and Copper Pennies on pages 28 and 29, main dishes such as Beef Stroganoff and Chop Suey for 10 People on pages 84 and 85, Cottage Potatoes and Paprikas Potatoes on pages 130 and 131, and French Cherry Pie Dessert and June Martens' Dessert Pizza on pages 190 and 191.

Issues / Wear

• The front cover has yellow stains along the right edge and a small burn mark on the right edge.
• The front cover shows rubbing and edge wear.
• Page edges are toned with age, and the first page has light speckling along the top edge.

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This 1985 St. Helen School cookbook names the cooks behind nearly every recipe, and it belongs with anyone who grew up in the parish. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.