FROM FINGERS TO FINGER BOWLS. A SPRIGHTLY HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA COOKING.; With Editorial Assistance of Doris Loewnau. Commissioned by James S. Copley. Edited by Richard F. Pourade

San Diego: Union-Tribune Publ Co, 1972. color and b/w plates, facs., illus. d.w. "This jewel of a book, commissioned by James Copley, combines two consuming passions: cooking and California history. Beginning with the Indians and Padres in the late 1700's and ending with the rise of the wine and food industries in the late 1800's, this delightful compendium indcludes a recipied overview of the gastronomic and social history of California." (Strehl, "ONE HUNDRED BOOKS ON CALIFORNIA FOOD AND WINE", number 62).