Cookbooks

Cookbooks by The Saturday Club The Saturday Club began a tradition of offering cookbooks starting with the 1982 publication of Philadelphia Main Line Classics. It was introduced to coincide with the Dodranscentennial Celebration of The Junior Saturday Club, a former section of the club that is now enveloped within the club as a whole. Our cookbooks have won numerous awards and is a favorite among collectors of community cookbooks nationwide as well as for residents and guests of the Main Line and the greater Philadelphia region.

Our Cookbooks:

Philadelphia Main Line Classics: Over 700 kitchen-tested favorites from members, friends, celebrities, and restaurants are included in our first cookbook, now in its eighth printing with over 75,000 copies sold.
Main Line Classics II: Over 400 kitchen-tested favorite recipes are included in our second cookbook, winner of the 1997 Tabasco Community Cookbook Award
Main Line Entertains: The pleasure of your company is requested as we share with you a wonderful assortment of formal and casual menus for parties and events – Main Line style

Main Line Classics

In 1982, The Saturday Club published its first cookbook, Philadelphia Main Line Classics. Now in its eigth printing with over 75,000 copies, the cookbook boasts over 700 recipes and features station stops along the Main Line. The cookbook features wonderful illustrations of the stations by Jane Curtis and histories of each town. From 1982-1996, this cookbook enabled our club to donate more than $170,000 to charities in the greater Philadelphia region.

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Main Line Classics II

Our second award-winning cookbook, Main Line Classics II: Cooking Up a Little History, was published in 1996. It was introduced on QVC’s “Best of Pennsylvania” show and won many accolades including the 1997 Tabasco Community Cookbook Award. The cookbook contains over 400 kitchen-tested recipes and includes ghost stories, secrets, and folklore of Philadelphia’s prestigious Main Line homes and historic taverns.

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Main Line Entertains

Our third cookbook, Main Line Entertains, was published in the fall of 2005. Produced with the support of an impressive number of community and corporate sponsors, this cookbook takes a departure from the traditional comb-bound books as a beautiful coffee table style book. It includes over 200 recipes, many from the Main Line’s finest restaurants and culinary professionals, seasonal entertaining menu ideas, and creative party-planning tips. The Main Line Chamber of Commerce has endorsed it as “the official cookbook of the 21st century Main Line.”

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