Over the course of University history, numerous campus-related organizations have produced cookbooks. Containing more than just recipes, these cookbooks provide a look at how food has played a role in campus culture and identity. Whether designed for fundraising or for promotional purposes, they capture a snapshot view of campus organizations of yore and the cultural environment surrounding them.
The Friendship Club, an interracial women’s social club, compiled a cookbook in 1951 as a “token of our friendship and faith in each other and in all people.” Technically speaking the Madison based Friendship Club may not have been a University of Wisconsin organization but university students and faculty wives were likely members.