A COOKBOOK presenting the first and only authentic record of Spanish California cookery, revealing many secret recipes and menus handed down by the author's illustrious Spanish ancestors who first trod the soil of California with Padre Junipero Serra.

No genuine Californian with a love for ancestral lore can afford to be without two copies one in a prominent spot in the library, the other in the kitchen. [GUSTAVE O. ARLT, Associate Dean, Graduate Division University of California at Los Angeles; President, Southern California Folklore Society; Director, California Literary Centennial, 1949-50.]

Mrs. de Packman has been a steadfast, throughgoing exponent of early California customs. Her family background and her wide circle of friends from the "old families" make her comments not merely historically correct, but refreshing and inspiring particularly to the newcomers. [JOSEPH SCOTT, K.M.. K.C.S.G.; Los Angeles attorney.]

In writing Early California Hospitality, Ana Begue de Packman has indicated to everyone her complete knowledge of the gracious hospitality of her ancestors, who were repressed by the earliest settlers in. California. [JOHN C. AUSTIN, President, Historical Society of Southern California]

This is a new and improved version of her delightful book with illustrative sketches to show now things were done. [LEE SHIPPEY, Los Angeles Time's columnist and writer]

With humor and history, Ana Begue de Packman, descendant of California's first colonists, brings to life the customs and hospitality of la California de antes. [GEORGE P. HAMMOND, Director, Bancroft Library, University of California]

Early California hospitality was a real institution, and no descendant of our pioneer families is better able to interpret the social life of the period than Ana Begue de Packman, whose own ancestry reaches back to the very birth of the Pueblo. [EDWARD A. DICKSON, Commissioner, Los Angeles Public Library Board]

Try: Chile Colorado, Burritos (Rolled Tortillas with a Filling), Torrejas (Corn-dough Fritters), Bizcochuelos- Pan de Huevo (Buns-- Egg-bread), Colache (Fresh Vegetable Succotash), Nopales (Cactus Leaf Joints), Arroz de California de Antes (Fried Rice-- Old California Style), Albondigas de Carne (Ground-beef Meat Ball Soup), Nech-atole (Corn-dough Gruel), Empanaditas (Little Turnovers), Rellenos para Embanaditas, Dulce de Calabaza (Candied or Conserved Pumpkin), Carne Secca Guisada (Stewed Jerky or Dried Meat), Torta de Huevo de California (California Omelet), Aves Rellenas- Adobadas y Asadas (Stuffed Fowl Roasted and Drenched with Red Chile Sauce), etc.