Gimme A Pisco Sour And Don't Be Stingy, Baby, Central Library's Culinary Collection Gets A Latin Infusion

The organization also recently purchased a large number of Scandinavian and historical California cookbooks. Scores of these donated books are extremely rare and to be found at no other library in North America.
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.

By Stella Mittelbach, Librarian in the Science, Technology & Patents Department

In 2012, the Culinary Historians of Southern California purchased over $19,000 worth of books on food and drink for Los Angeles Public Library. The majority of the books acquired were hard-to-find cookbooks published in Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Bolivia.

The Culinary Historians of Southern California are a group of scholars, chefs, and gourmets who put on amazing lectures in the library each month. The organization also recently purchased a large number of Scandinavian and historical California cookbooks. Scores of these donated books are extremely rare and to be found at no other library in North America.

The following are some of the added titles covering unusual topics.

Tortillas Ceremoniales

Gimme a Pisco Sour and Don't Be Stingy, Baby

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot