Community Cookbook: The Old Country Cookbook (Iron Range Interpretive Center - Chisholm, MN)

Iron Range Interpretive Center, Chisholm MN, 1983. Softcover with comb binding. Second Printing. 

A rare copy of a recipe collection celebrating the cuisines of the diverse immigrant communities that settled in northern Minnesota in the early 20th century to work in the region's mines. Culinary influences include Finland, Italy, Croatia and beyond. 

"I came to America thinking that the streets were paved with gold. When I got off the train in Chisholm, all i saw were a few cows and pigs."

Lightly discolored from age but otherwise pristine.