Vintage 1960 Purefoy Hotel New Edition True and Tried Recipes of Real Southern Food Talladega Alabama Southern Cooking Collectible Cookbook

Softcover, spiral bound. Minor wear to the covers and a few cooking stains, but there is no writing in the book and it is overall in very good vintage condition. There is also a typewritten list inside of the book someone prepared listing the “Sixty Choicest Recipes” from the cookbook. There is an address label on the inside back cover for "Mrs. Robert P. Purefoy" who I am assuming was a family member. Eva Brunson Purefoy owned and operated the Purefoy Hotel which began its modest beginning in 1916 in Monroeville, Alabama. It was so popular she decided to modernize and expand to a new location. On May 17, 1920 the Purefoy Hotel opened in Talladega, Alabama. Mrs. Purefoy sold the hotel to her brother-in-law Edward T Hyde in 1944. He was the hotel's previous manager. In 1961 it was decided to close the 88-room hotel. By the time the doors closed for good, it had been successful for 47 years and had come a long way from the 15-room boarding house that began its life in Monroeville. The first edition of The Purefoy Hotel Cook Book was printed in 1937, copyrighted in 1941, and revised 9 times and reprinted at least 16 times. This famous cookbook has become a classic with tried and true recipes of old southern cooking. NOTE: Shipping to USA only for this book.