The first local cookbook published was in 1915 by the Monticola Club which was very well received. The second one, I am not so sure of, since I have seen only one copy and I never come across references. In November 1927, the Lassen County Farm Bureau released a 144 page cookbook. The recipes cover most everything imaginable from that era. Those recipes were contributed by members of the farm bureau and every nook and cranny in the county was represented.