Mcquade Barbara Introduction (2 results)

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. The Vancouver Sun Readers' Favorite Recipes: A Tested Collection From Edith Adams Cottage, McQuade, Barbara (Introduction). Published by The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C., 1981. Card covers with coil binding. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 200pp. In near fine condition with pencil annotations to pp.153 (Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake) and light soiling to opposite page. A scarce collectible cookbook. The Vancouver Sun's Edith Adams was a much-loved institution for nearly three quarters of a century. Although Edith Adams was in fact a fictional persona created by The Sun, her contributions to Vancouver's kitchens and households were real. Women flocked to the Edith Adams Cottage for advice and avidly collected her cookbooks, which were compiled of readers' prize-winning recipes.…

Spiral Bound. Condition: Fair. First Edition. "Early in 1981, The Sun challenged creative cooks with a recipe contest. The response was overwhelming. Cottage home economists sifted and sorted over 2,500 entries. Testing took several weeks and a final marathon cook-off in the Cottage kitchen decided the eventual winners. All the recipes were outstanding, but with a limited number of prizes, we had to single out just a few for initial publication. This book is a further selection. By popular request, also included are favorites from our Supercook series and other cooking features which have appeared in recent years in The Sun Food Section." - Introduction. This copy was wet at some point so its pages undulate moderately. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy working copy. ; Illustrations; 8vo. Illustrated by Brisebois, Wendy Hart (illustrator).…