For many in the Lowcountry, you’re not a real Charleston chef unless your culinary library includes the cookbook “ Charleston Receipts .”

The sturdy little book with the cardboard cover has sold just south of 884,000 copies to come-yas, been-yas, high society and lowbrow. It turns 75 this November.

The book was created by the Junior League of Charleston (JLC) chapter with a $150 investment and seven months of collecting, testing and organizing recipes that “encapsulated the basic and important recipes of 1950,” said chapter executive director Amy Jenkins.

The first printing of 2,000 copies sold out in four days.

As with the book’s growth, the JLC chapter has grown to nearly 1,000 members who work to advance women’s leadership. Sales from the book fund donations to more than 50 prog

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