The Route 66 St. Louis Cookbook: The Mother Lode of Recipes from the Mother Road

The Route 66 St. Louis Cookbook: The Mother Lode of Recipes from the Mother Road by Bolin, Norma Maret. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780982323922.

The Route 66 St. Louis The Mother Lode of Recipes from the Mother Road is part history book and part cookbook. It is filled with more than 300 recipes favorite recipes (175 are newly added to the second edition) from over 160 restaurants along the various St. Louis alignments of Route 66 (including Downtown) and beyond into Missouri and Illinois. The recipes span the decades and pass on the tastes of yesteryear that are so fondly remembered by many including cafeterias (such as Miss Hullings, Popes, Forum, and Grones), and many family establishments (such as Eds White Front and the White Squirrel) and high-end restaurants (such as Tonys, Kemolls, Al Bakers and Als). Bonus sections include recipes from Additional St. Louis Institutions and Some St. Louis Favorite Foods, How to Throw a Route 66 Party and two Drive-By Scavenger Hunts. Vintage postcards, menus, and matchcovers as well as current photographs all help the reader take a trip back in time on Route 66.