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The Lamanda Park Woman’s Club was organized in 1912 by a small group of women in the Lamanda Park area of South Pasadena. It was originally the women’s auxiliary to the Board of Trade (now the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce), but soon became an autonomous entity with its own building at 58 S. Huntington Drive. The organization eventually grew into the Pasadena Women’s Club. 

 

For decades, Lamanda Park was an unincorporated township, but it was annexed to Pasadena in 1920, just a few years before this cookbook’s publication. At that time, the area was an agricultural center, boasting multiple wineries as well as citrus, olive and walnut groves. Before prohibition, the large number of wine-producers lead to a reputation as a “saloon town.” The community’s agrarian roots are still evident in street names such as Vinyard, Mataro, and Walnut. 

 

Many may have seen Lamanda Park without knowing it, as it doubles for Bedford Falls in scenes from the 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life. 

Lamanda’s industry roots are perhaps evident in the recipes for Grape Meringue Pie and Grape Punch, Other recipes in this cookbook include Soup Dumplings, Spare Ribs and Sauerkraut, Carrot Marmalade, and Orange Egg Nog. 

 

The book also includes advertisements for local business, including one for South-Pasadena based caterer, Bertha L. Turner - who features in several books in this archive. 

 

To learn more about Bertha L. Turner, please check out the entry for The Federation Cook Book.

PASADENA/ ALTADENA

California Heritage Continues: A cookbook

The California Heritage Cookbook,

California Sizzles 

Circle Fare

Comidas Mexicanas (Reprint)

Concert-Going Cook: Do-ahead recipes and menus that let the cook leave the kitchen

Cooking With Pasadena Squadronettes

Danties That Are Bread In a Book: Shakespeare Club Cook Book 

The Federation Cook Book

Food From The Stars

Heritage Of Japan: Favorite Recipes

Luncheon Menus The Gamble House

Mothers Club Cook Book 

Neighborhood Cookbook

Out Of Our Kitchens

Pasadena Prefers

Pasadena Prefers II 

Recipe Collection, The Gamble House, A 

Sugar 'n Spice (Special Recipes Including Barbacue Section)

Superior Cook Book 

Tried Receipts Of Pasadena 

With a Grain of Salt (revised edition)

 

WOMEN’S SOCIAL CLUBS (Non-specific)

Best in Cooking in La Puente, The

A Book of Favorite Recipes by Members of La Crescenta Woman's Club

Circle Fare

Cook Book de Luxe

The Ebell Club of Los Angeles Cook Book

Ebell Recipes

Fashions In Foods In Beverly Hills (1929)

Fashions In Foods In Beverly Hills (1931)

Fashions In Foods In Beverly Hills (1963)

Friday Morning Club Juniors Cook Book 

Friday Morning Club Cook Book, The 

Hopping Good Cookbook, A 

Jr's II

The Old Vanity Fair Tea Room Recipes gathered from far and near

Patteran Cook Book, The

Rosemead Cook-book 

Superior Cook Book 

Treasured Recipes from California Kitchens

 

BERTHA L TURNER

Danties That Are Bread In a Book: Shakespeare Club Cook Book 

Federation Cook Book, The: A Collection of Tested Recipes contributed by the Colored Women of the State of California

The Hollywood Bowl Cook Book: Picnic Under The Stars

The Hollywood Bowl Cookbook

Superior Cook Book

 

 

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