Ladies' Aid Cook Book

The San Pedro First Methodist Episcopal church was organized in 1889 in Crocker’s Hall on 6th St. The following year, the congregation purchased a property at the corner of Center and 12th Streets. 

 

As the San Pedro News Pilot told it in 1912, that property included a building “erected from the timbers and lumber of the wrecked “St. Louis,” originally the U. S. cutter “Abraham Lincoln,” built during the early years of the civil war.” That log building was incorporated into the Church.  

 

However, in 1916 the Church moved to the corner of Grand Ave. and 6th St. in San Pedro. Like the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Downtown Los Angeles, which also has a cookbook in this Archive, San Pedro’s First M.E. marketed itself with a revolving cross (“the revolving cross lights the way”). 

 

By the time of this cookbook’s publication, the Church had a new Byzentine-style building on the Grand Ave site, designed by architect Arthur G. Lindley who also designed the Glendale Masonic Temple and many other churches throughout Los Angeles. A drawing of the exterior appears in the opening of this book (pictured). The building also featured dramatic, travertine stone entrances. 

 

Today, San Pedro’s United Methodist Church holds services in a heavily modified version of the original structure. 

 

To read more about the history of the city of San Pedro, see the entry for “Around The World, Around Our Town: Recipes from San Pedro

SAN PEDRO

Around The World, Around Our Town: Recipes from San Pedro 

Around The World, Around Our Town: Recipes from San Pedro Book 2

J.O.Y. Cook Book 

Ladies' Aid Cook Book 

 

 

CHURCH

90th Anniversary Cook Book, 1888-1978

Art of Cooking In Huntington Park, The

Book of Favorite Recipes compiled by The Sanctuary Choir, A

Cabrini Family Cook Book, The

Century Favorites, Deliciously Yours

Cook's Book, 1971, The

Cooking With Faith - II (Favorite Recipes From Our Best Cooks)

Favorite Recipes Compiled by Christian Social Involvement Interest Group

Favorite Recipes Compiled By the J.W.C. Class of the First M.E. Church

Favorite Recipes From Capitol Kitchens

Feeding The Multitudes, Commemorative Cookbook 

Festival Foods 2: A Greek Cookbook 

Gospel According To The Cornerstone Cooks, The

Immanuel Aid Society Cook Book 

J.O.Y. Cook Book 

Kitchen Arts 

Ladies' Aid Cook Book 

Maggie's Cook Book 

Make Your Holidays Merry Cooking and Crafts 

Neighborhood Cookbook

Our Best By Test

Our Favorite Recipes

Our Favorite Recipes: Community Lutheran Church 

Our Favorite Recipes: Nursery Guild Trinity Lutheran Church

Paramount's Favorite Recipes 

Presbyterian Pantry

Queen Esther Cook Book 

Raved Over Recipes: Featuring the Mexican Cookery of Sister Amelia, o.c.d.t.

Soup, Salad & Scripture

Taste & See (that the Lord is good)

Tasty Delights and Remedies 

Tried and True Cook Book 

Trinity Church Cook Book 

Valley Vittles 

Westchester Directory and Culinary Art

Westwood Guild Cook Book 

What's Cooking In Whittier

 

 

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