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Author: Rachel Rappaport

VIP Holiday Cookbook Vol. IV

Posted on December 8, 2023December 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

VIP Holiday Cookbook Vol. IV First printing 1981, fourth printing 1984 American Cancer Society Northern Virginia Area

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Chocolate Buttermint Cookies

Posted on December 6, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

This recipe caught my eye because I had never seen a recipe for cooking with buttermints before! I rarely see them outside of a few old-fashioned restaurants but at one point they were a baby shower and wedding staple. They are chalky pastel mint pillows that melt in your mouth. I had a real craving…

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Christmas is a Warm Cookie

Posted on December 4, 2023November 15, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Christmas is a Warm Cookie presented for your enjoyment by The Children’s Board of Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, Ohio 1979

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Lingonberry Fingers

Posted on December 2, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from an unknown contributor’s recipe for Raspberry Fingers from Oh Boy! Cookies… Sponsored by Southwestern Band Boosters (undated)

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Oh Boy, Cookies…

Posted on December 1, 2023November 15, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Oh Boy, Cookies… sponsored by Southwestern Band Boosters (undated)

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The Officers’ Wives Holiday Cookbook

Posted on November 29, 2023October 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Officer’s Wives Holiday Cookbook undated “a special project of Officers’ Wives Clubs” and “proceeds from its sale supply these clubs with the funds they need to support a wide variety off worthwhile projects”. The book is divided into menus for different holidays from Labor Day to Lincoln’s Birthday to New Year’s Eve. There are…

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What’s Cooking in Our All-American City? II Junior Jam

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

What’s Cooking in Our All-American City? II Junior Jam compiled by Rockingham Junior Woman’s Club, Rockingham, North Carolina 1985

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Holiday Flavors and Favors

Posted on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Holiday Flavors and Favors compiled by the Junior League of Greensboro, North Carolina 1975

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apple cream coffee cake

Apple-Cream Coffee Cake

Posted on November 24, 2023November 27, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Betty McKay’s recipe for Apple-Cream Coffee Cake appearing in The Happy Cooker presented by Entre Nous (1974)

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Hot Turkey Salad

Posted on November 20, 2023November 28, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Hot Turkey Salad updated and adapted from Mrs. John Dale Showell III (Ann)’s recipe for Hot Chicken Salad appearing in Ocean City Museum Society Cookbook 1982, Ocean City, Maryland

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Burnt Offerings

Posted on November 17, 2023November 14, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Burnt Offerings compiled by North Oakland Fire Authority Auxiliary Holly, Michigan 1984(?)

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Tried and True Recipes That Measure Up

Posted on November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Tried and True Recipes That Measure Up compiled by the Covington, GA East Metro Christian Women’s Club 2005

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Pie Plate Cornbread

Posted on November 10, 2023January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Leslie Holmes’ Pie Plate Corn Bread from School Maize A project of the Wilmington Education Association 1983 Wilmington, Ohio

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School Maize

Posted on November 9, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

School Maize: A project of the Wilmington Education Association 1983 Wilmington, Ohio

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Recipes from Old Virginia

Posted on November 6, 2023October 23, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Recipes from Old Virginia compiled by the Virginia Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs 1958 (reprinted 1994, at this point the club had renamed Virginia Extension Homemakers Council) The introduction assures us that all 700+ recipes were “tested time and time again under ordinary home kitchen conditions”. “Proof of the pudding was in its tasting”. There…

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Ocean City Museum Society Cookbook

Posted on November 3, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Ocean City Museum Society Cookbook 1982

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Country Cookbook Sagebrush Round-up

Posted on October 31, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Country Cookbook Sagebrush Round-up compiled by Country Music Association of WV, Inc 1993

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Treasured Recipes compiled by the National Knife Collectors Association and National Knife Museum

Posted on October 29, 2023June 17, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Treasured Recipes compiled by the National Knife Collectors Association and National Knife Museum

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Lettuce Walnut Bread

Posted on October 26, 2023January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Diane Lewis Hanger’s Lettuce Bread appearing in The Padre Cooks: Recipes from Sea and Shore Carmel-by-the-Sea compiled by Carmel High School Class of 1951. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 2001

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The Hagley Museum: Recipes with a Brandywine Tradition

Posted on October 25, 2023November 15, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Hagley Museum: Recipes with a Brandywine Tradition compiled by The Hagley Volunteers Cookbook Committee. Wilmington, Delaware 1983

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