Villa Montaña Cuisine

Title: Villa Montaña Cuisine
Subtitle: The Story and Favorite Dishes of Villa Montaña, Famed Posada of Morelia, Mexico
Genre: Cookbooks
Author: Ray Coté, with the collaboration of Melva Sannebeck
Cover Illustrator: Alfredo Zalce (1908-2003)
Publisher: Imprenta Nuevo Mundo, Santa Ana, Mexico.
Year: 1973 (ninth printing of 1964 book)
Pages: 132
Format: Trade-sized, perfect-bound paperback.
Provenance: Price stickers in the amount of 80 cents on front cover and first page.
Contents: Notes on the Illustrations; This is Villa Montaña; Soups; Meats; Poultry; Fish; Vegetables; Salads; Desserts; Breakfast at Villa Montaña; A la Mexicana; The Cocktail Hour; Index of Recipes; For Your Notes.
Opening Sentence: “My husband and I were dining at the Villa Montaña.”
Random Passage: “Speaking of picnic lunches, I’d better tell you that the favorite picnic spot for Bill and many other Villa Montaña guests is El Estribo, a peak near Pátzcuaro which affords a panoramic view of beautiful Lake Pátzcuaro and the surrounding countryside.” (from “Bill’s Special Ham Sandwich” recipe)
Notes: The Villa Montaña Resort still exists with an inviting restaurant, although hopefully they’ve updated their menu since the 1960s (the recipes in this book are quite Americanized, with gelatin-based salads and the like). The most appealing parts of this book are the traditional Mexican icons used as chapter intro art, all of which are included below for your placer.