A super cookbook with a collection of unique recipes from the Thomasville area in the USA,  "where bountiful tables and gracious entertaining have characterised lifestyles for generations."  Distinctive southern cuisine reflecting the heritage of the Thomasville area.
Pines and Plantations  - native recipes of Thomasville Georgia
About the Book: 
 “ A super cookbook with a collection of unique recipes from the Thomasville area where bountiful tables and gracious entertaining have characterised lifestyles for generations.  Distinctive southern cuisine reflecting the heritage of the Thomasville area. 
 
Book Type: Rare, Collectable soft back book with plastic spiral binding. Title printed on spine. 
Genre:  Lifestyle – cooking 
Edition: Fourth Printing December 1978  
Published by The Vashti Auxiliary, PO Box 1574, Thomasville, Georgia 31792. 
Editor Mrs Tom Faircloth 
Size: 29cm x 16cm
349 Pages
Printed in the USA by Wimmer Brothers Fine Printing and Lithography, Memphis TN 38101.
A good copy.
Table of contents. 
Plantation Menus
Appetizers
Beverages
Breads
Soups
Salads and Salad dressings
Cheese and Eggs
Seafood
Game and Poultry
Meats
Vegetables
Accompaniments 
Cakes
Pies
Desserts
Cookies and Candy
Men’s Recipes
Equivalents
Metric System
Index 
 
Back Story 
In 1978 proceeds from the sale of the cook book were used for the renovation and maintenance of Vashti Educational Centre.  The committee at this time was made up of Chairmen Mrs A B Wright Jr and Mrs Joe Beverly. Editor was Mrs Tom Faircloth. Editor of Recipes was Mrs Fred Cooper and co-editor was Mrs Ken Beverly and Mrs Thomas H. Vann Jr. The art work editor was Mrs Elliott McCollum and Plantation Sketches by Mrs James Anderson. Interesting to see the women identified by their husband names rather than their own.  The Pines and Plantations committee expresses sincere appreciation to the members of the Vashti Auxiliary and to the many friends who made this book possible.  
 “The inspiration for Vashti came through Annie Heath’s encounter with a homeless girl in the streets of Thomasville in 1903. As a Methodist missionary, Miss Heath felt the call to create a home to educate girls in need. Her vision came to reality through the generosity of Mr. Walter P. Blasingame, a prominent church member, who donated his boyhood home to the new mission in memory of his beloved mother, Mrs. Vashti Blasingame.
The Vashti Industrial School for Girls, as it was then known, grew rapidly, and in 1907, after out growing the home, the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased the property at 1815 E. Clay St., where Vashti stands today. The new school now had the use of 65 acres and the former factory building previously owned by the Cubana City Cigar Company.
Miss Heath, the school’s Superintendent, converted the massive cuban cigar factory into a spacious school and home for the girls, who’s numbers had grown to over 70 students by 1908. Vashti thrived as a girls’ school for more than 60 years. The verdant campus included a dairy farm, as well as vegetable and flower gardens. Making cane syrup became a favorite pastime for the girls.
In 1953, the grand school building was remodeled and renamed Bishop Hall in honor E. E. Bishop, one of the school’s subsequent Superintendents. To meet the changing needs of children in the local community, Vashti admitted its first male population in 1978 and became a special school and provider of residential care services for youth struggling with emotional and behavioral issues. In 2007, Vashti added a Community Behavioral Health Program to offer in-clinic and in-home community mental health services to children and their families.” 
 
CONDITION:
Covers: Good.  Fairly clean. Boards: Age related wear, with a small marks front on the right-handed outer edge. Mark on the back cover board lower middle section. 
Binding: Brown Plastic Spiral all hinges attached to covers and pages inside.  
Spine: Bright clean title on spine. Some bumping and wear on board cover ends. 
Pages.  All pages complete. Page edges have occasion curling and the odd small spot to contents but overall bright and clean. 
 
Postage
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The packaged book will weigh 610g
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