Virginia Hospitality: A Book of Recipes from 200 Years of Gracious Entertaining

Junior League of Hampton Roads

ISBN 10: 0961360011 / ISBN 13: 9780961360016

Published by Favorite Recipes Press, 1975

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00098457088

Synopsis:

Experience a culinary tour of Virginia through the recipes in this classic cookbook. Virginia Hospitality includes illustrations of famous Virginia homes by regional artists as well as historical information and fun facts about the state's legendary hospitality. (For instance, following the English custom, colonists displayed pineapples as a sign of welcome on doorways, gateposts, and garden walls!) First published in 1975, this cookbook from the Junior League of Hampton Roads has sold more than 300,000 copies.

About the Author: Favorite Recipes Press, an imprint of FRP Books, Inc., has a forty year history connecting Junior Leagues with home cooks by partnering with them to produce cookbooks that showcase their regional cuisines and traditions, tell the stories of their charitable causes and raise money so that their good work can be carried on, even expanded. The results is well over 3 million Junior League cookbooks in circulation and a reputation for tried and true recipes collected by home cooks across the country. Favorite Recipes Press was founded in 1961 by Millard Fuller and Morris Dees, to fund their college educations. Both, later, sold their interests in the company and founded nationally knows not-for-profit organizations. Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity International and Dees founded the Southern Poverty Law Center. One of the nation's best-known and most respected producers of cookbooks, Favorite Recipes Press has produced over 1000 titles working with nonprofit organizations, chefs, resorts, spas, retailers, restaurants and more. Favorite Recipes Press clients' cookbooks have won 100's of awards including, Julia Child Awards, Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards, James Beard Foundation Awards, Writer's Digest Awards, and others.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Virginia Hospitality: A Book of Recipes from...
Publisher: Favorite Recipes Press
Publication Date: 1975
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good