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Author: Rachel Rappaport

Double-ly Delicious complied by Columbia Mothers of Twins Club of Columbia, Maryland

Posted on May 31, 2023June 5, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Double-ly Delicious complied by Columbia Mothers of Twins Club of Columbia, Maryland 1994

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Cooking is An Art: Collector’s Cookbook- Edith Rosen Strauss

Posted on May 30, 2023October 17, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

5th edition 1972

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Aspics, Chicken Salad, and Ice Cold Celery: Finding Community through Maryland Recipes Cookbook

Posted on May 29, 2023May 30, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

This is a limited edition mini cookbook featuring 25 of my “modernized” versions of recipes found in Maryland community cookbooks and archives. This book was paid for by my Maryland Folklife Apprenticeship grant (supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council) I received as a master of my field. I wrote, printed and bound…

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butter crunch cookies

Butter Crunch Cookies

Posted on May 26, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Joanna Baird’s Butter Crunch Cookies in Serving You: A Collection of Recipes from the Volunteers of Hospice of Baltimore and Howard County. 2007

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lemon pies

Individual Lemon Ice Box “Pies”

Posted on May 25, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Mrs. Harry C. Michael’s Lemon Ice Box Pie appearing in The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Rosewood State Training School Maryland’s Famous Receipts. Owings Mills, MD. 1952

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Roulade with Rapini and Mushrooms

Posted on May 24, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Mrs. Morton (Edyth) Malin’s Beef Roulades from Sisterhood of Temple Shalom Treasures From our Tables (date unknown)

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Lemon Chiffon Cake

Posted on May 23, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Pat Cahili’s Orange Rum Chiffon Cake in Loyola Mother’s Club Loyola Recipes. 1974

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Little Orleans Volunteer Fire Company Cookbook

Posted on May 22, 2023June 5, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Little Orleans Cookbook

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The Cook’s Book 3 complied by the Miriam Lodge

Posted on May 20, 2023June 17, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Cook’s Book 3 complied by the Miriam Lodge. Undated but includes a calendar page featuring the years 1987, 1988 and 1989 so most likely published in 1987. The Miriam Lodge, K.S.B. was founded 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland, and is still in existence today. There is a nice timeline on their website that outlines their…

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We Cook and Tell compiled by the Woman’s Club of Glenhill

Posted on May 19, 2023October 17, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

We Cook and Tell compiled by the Woman’s Club of Glenhill November 1966

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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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