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Month: January 2024

Potluck Potpourri

Posted on January 22, 2024January 18, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Potluck Potpourri: Recipes from Wildwood, Wildwood Child Care Food Program Aspen, Colorado 1983

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Cooking in the Chesapeake Country

Posted on January 19, 2024January 18, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Cooking in the Chesapeake Country. Galena Volunteer Fire Company, Galena, Maryland 1967 This is not my first book from Galena! Or Kent County for that matter. This one was “prepared by the women of the community for The Galena Volunteer Fire Company” and all proceeds went to the Galena Volunteer Fire Company Building Fund. They…

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Ship to Shore: Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Recipes

Posted on January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Ship to Shore: Virgin Islands Charter Yacht Recipes Virgin Islands 1983 The forward outlines how the Virgin Islands are a “true paradise” with “crystal-blue waters” and extoll the virtues of seeing the islands on yachts. These are the recipes of the chefs on those yachts. No mention of where the profits of the book went…

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deviled meatloaf

Deviled Meatloaf

Posted on January 11, 2024January 5, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Updated and adapted from Josie Voorhees’ recipe for Deviled Meatloaf appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)

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peanut butter orange bread

Peanut Butter Orange Bread

Posted on January 9, 2024January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted from Louise Arnold’s Peanut Orange Bread recipe appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)

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Cooking Favorites

Posted on January 8, 2024January 5, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg, Pa (undated)

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Selected Recipes of the Pink Caps

Posted on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Selected Recipes of the Pink Caps compiled by Henry General Hospital Auxiliary of Henry County, Georgia 1990 (second edition)

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CHS Cooks…

Posted on January 2, 2024February 27, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

CHS Cooks… compiled by Lumen Vitae Auxiliary of Children’s Home Society Lompoc, CA 1987 CHS of California was the “largest voluntarily supported counseling and adoption agency in America” and was founded in 1891 and in 1961 they formed the auxiliary that put out this cookbook. Other fundraising attempts they’ve made were bridge marathons, Santa visits,…

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I'm a cookbook author and recipe developer collecting community cookbooks from around the US and recreating the recipes so you can make them at home, today.

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