"to help you who live in the west to enjoy more fully the glorious products of these western states; to introduce you, perhaps, to some of the less-well known foods of particular localities; in short, to help you live more abundantly here in the west -- that is the purpose of this sunset all-western cook book."
in the introduction genevieve laments over the fact that even though at the time there was a great abundance of cook books for southern recipes, new england recipes, chinese recipes and so on "in uncounted number" that the west had largely been ignored. she felt that was strange especially since the west was noted for it's hospitality and the profusion of unusually good fruits, nuts, vegetables and fish.
i supposed it's strange now to think of a time when there were no cook books that focused on "the west".
(cover of sunset all-western cookbook by genevieve a. callahan, lane publishing co., san francisco, ca. 1935)
OH, such a beautiful cover!
I was watching Mad Men, season 2 recently, in which a couple characters traveled to California. And I was struck by how Sunset Magazine everything looked.
Posted by: Sister Diane | March 30, 2009 at 09:22 AM