>> 1) The inscription, to my mother from my father....
>> "These enchiladas sound like Ramona's Kitchen. How about some."
>>
>> Where was "Ramona's Kitchen"? Looking at the recipe, "stacked" enchiladas
>> topped with fried egg and containing chopped ripe olives, leads me to
>> believe that it may have been in the San Diego area
>
>That would be an obvious choice as the name Ramona is very much associated
>with San Diego since the publication of the book "Ramona" in the early 20th
>century. My copy is packed in a box somewhere and I don't rember the
>author's name nor the exact year she wrote it. There have been many places,
>including a town, called Ramona's or Ramona in San Diego County. This is
>especially true in San Diego's Old Town area.
>


Charlie:

Yep-- you're right-- It was Helen Hunt Jackson, "Ramona: a story" (Boston :
Roberts Bros., 1884). I may have to acquire a copy just to see if she had a
kitchen!

Evidently there was a silent movie of the same name that was released in 1911.

Andy Smith