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(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (San Francisco) McLaren, L.L. The Pan-Pacific Cook-Book: Savory Bits from the World’s Fair.

$125.00

Illus. with charming drawings. Yellow cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition. San Francisco: Blair-Murdock, 1915.

Published in conjunction with San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, with recipes for world foods like chile rellenos con queso, Chinese noodles baked, dhal, eggplant al forno, etc. The Exposition was crucial in bringing international cuisines never before sampled by San Franciscans, to their doorstep. Period illustrated bookplate of Emma Lewis Bingham to front pastedown. Very good and bright.