A number of the most famous and typical dishes of old- time California, New Mexico, Mexico and Peru, are here printed — most of them for the first time in English. There is very little precise measuring done among these old- fashioned cooks — much depends upon the instinct and prac- tice of the chef. I myself — who learned to cook for myself on the frontiers, and to cook well — always take “some” of this and “some” of that, and have not made a very bad dish in a good many years. As with my grandmother’s doughnuts--the first things I assayed to cook in my early “baching it” in New Mexico — there had to be a sort of enlightened guess-work on my part. But after a few trials my doughnuts were as good as anyone’s. So with these Spanish-American dishes. Even if the precise proportions could be given, they might be “too rich” for a strange palate at first trial. A reasonable cook, with the following directions, can yery soon adjust proportions to personal taste. When that shall have been done, the family dietary will have been enriched by just so many new, agreeable and hygienic dishes. LANDMARKS INCORPORATtU/' TO CONSERVE THE MISSIONS AND OTHER HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIRECTORS. OFFICERS. President, Chas. F. Lummis. Vice-President, Margaret Collier Graham. Secretarjr, Arthur B. Benton, 114 N. Spring St. Treasurer, J. G. Mossin, California Bank. Corresponding- Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Stilson. 812 Kensington Road. Chairman Membership Committee, Mrs. J. G. Mossin, 1033 Santee St. J. G. Mossin. Henry W. O’Melveny. Rev. M. S. Liebana. Sumner P. Hunt. Arthur B. Benton. Margaret Collier Graham. Chas. E. Lunimis. 1HE Landmarks Club, under whose auspices and for whose benefit this book is pub- lished, is an organization of well known men and women, incorporated under the laws of the State, to preserve the historic landmarks of Southern California. Its officers receive no compensation whatever. The largest effort of the club has been to preserve from further spoliation and decajr the remains of the old Fran- ciscan Missions. The noblest and most impressive ruins in the United States, these venerable piles were going to pieces with fearful rapidity, an unprotected prey of vandals and the weather. The club has secured long leases on San Juan Capistrano (1776) and San Fernando (1797) and is about to secure one on the “Mother Mission,” San Diego (1769). It has raised about $4700 by subscription and other means, and applied it to extensive preservator}^ repairs upon these three Missions. There is no Philistine “restoration.” All work is done under the expert supervision of men who have long and seriously studied the Mission architecture and history. The ruined roofs have been replaced with new and massive structures upon which the original tiles have been used. Over tzvo acres of roof have been put on. Breached walls have been repaired, leaning walls under- pinned and tied, crumbling masonry buttressed, several VI LANDMARKS CLUB COOK BOOK.

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A number of the most famous and typical dishes of oldtime California, New Mexico, Mexico and Peru, are here printed — most of them for the first time in English. There is very little precise measuring done among these oldfashioned cooks — much depends upon the instinct and practice of the chef. I myself — who learned to cook for myself on the frontiers, and to cook well — always take “some” of this and “some” of that, and have not made a very bad dish in a good many years. As with my grandmother’s doughnuts--the first things I assayed to cook in my early “baching it” in New Mexico — there had to be a sort of enlightened guess-work on my part. But after a few trials my doughnuts were as good as anyone’s. So with these Spanish-American dishes. Even if the precise proportions could be given, they might be “too rich” for a strange palate at first trial. A reasonable cook, with the following directions, can very soon adjust proportions to personal taste. When that shall have been done, the family dietary will have been enriched by just so many new, agreeable and hygienic dishes. LANDMARKS INCORPORATED TO CONSERVE THE MISSIONS AND OTHER HISTORIC LANDMARKS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIRECTORS. OFFICERS. President, Chas. F. Lummis. Vice-President, Margaret Collier Graham. Secretary, Arthur B. Benton, 114 N. Spring St. Treasurer, J. G. Mossin, California Bank. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Stilson. 812 Kensington Road. Chairman Membership Committee, Mrs. J. G. Mossin, 1033 Santee St. J. G. Mossin. Henry W. O’Melveny. Rev. M. S. Liebana. Sumner P. Hunt. Arthur B. Benton. Margaret Collier Graham. Chas. F. Lummis. 1HE Landmarks Club, under whose auspices and for whose benefit this book is published, is an organization of well known men and women, incorporated under the laws of the State, to preserve the historic landmarks of Southern California. Its officers receive no compensation whatever. The largest effort of the club has been to preserve from further spoliation and decay the remains of the old Franciscan Missions. The noblest and most impressive ruins in the United States, these venerable piles were going to pieces with fearful rapidity, an unprotected prey of vandals and the weather. The club has secured long leases on San Juan Capistrano (1776) and San Fernando (1797) and is about to secure one on the “Mother Mission,” San Diego (1769). It has raised about $4700 by subscription and other means, and applied it to extensive preservatory repairs upon these three Missions. There is no Philistine “restoration.” All work is done under the expert supervision of men who have long and seriously studied the Mission architecture and history. The ruined roofs have been replaced with new and massive structures upon which the original tiles have been used. Over two acres of roof have been put on. Breached walls have been repaired, leaning walls underpinned and tied, crumbling masonry buttressed, several

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