Filipino Women's Club Recipe Book

A recipe book that was created and sold by the Filipino Women's Club of Watsonville during the 1950s. The sales from the book were used to support the club. The recipes were crowdsourced from many women in the community. It contains American, Filipino, and various other cuisines recipes. Many fused Filipino, American, and other cuisines were made using whatever ingredients were readily available.

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c. 1950s

Juanita Sulay Wilson

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For more information on the Filipino-American cooking:

Austa Somvichian-Clausen. "FIlipino Cuisine is Finally Getting Its Due in the United States." InsideHook, September 7, 2023. https://www.insidehook.com/food/filipino-food-finally-getting-due-united-states


Alice L. McLean. Asian American Food Culture. Santa, Barbara, California: Greenwood (2015).

4.75 x 3.25 inches

Physical Object

SUL.2021.68

Recipe book