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Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans

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

Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans complied by the Old Ursuline Convent, Chartres Street New Orleans, Louisiana 1971 (7th printing 1980) This book opens with a history of the convent about how the nuns helped “little female orphans” and the survivors of “Indian massacres” and had special classes for “Negro and Indian girls” to learn…

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Christmas Is…Good Things to Eat

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

Christmas Is…Good Things to Eat A collection of recipes compiled by TORCH Business and Professional Woman’s Club, Danville, Virginia

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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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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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The Horatio Street Festival of Foods Cookbook, Greenwich Village, New York City compiled by The Horatio Street Association “concerned neighbors dedicated to the safety, beautification, and preservation of our street” 1978

The Horatio Street Festival of Foods Cookbook

Posted on October 16, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Horatio Street Festival of Foods Cookbook, Greenwich Village, New York City compiled by The Horatio Street Association 1978

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Three Rivers Cookbook I

Posted on October 13, 2023September 28, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Three Rivers Cookbook I “The Good Taste of Pittsburgh” compiled by Child Health Association of Sewickley, PA 1973

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To Stir with Love: Favorite Recipies from the Families of Concord Presbyterian Church

Posted on September 29, 2023August 29, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

To Stir with Love: Favorite Recipies from the Families of Concord Presbyterian Church 1976

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Favorite Recipes of Mon River Valley Chapter Sweet Adelines

Posted on September 21, 2023July 19, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Favorite Recipes of Mon River Valley Chapter Sweet Adelines 1972 (Mon Valley, Pennsylvania)

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The Happy Cooker (1974)

Posted on September 19, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Happy Cooker (1974)

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Favorite Recipes from the British and Commonwealth Wives’ Club Guam

Posted on September 16, 2023July 19, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Favorite Recipes from the British and Commonwealth Wives’ Club Guam 1977

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Hooked on Cooking

Posted on September 12, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Hooked on Cooking

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Family Fixins’ 1976

Posted on September 8, 2023August 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Family Fixins’ recipes submitted by Family Housing Residents during Fall Quarter 1976 (location unknown)

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The Mixing Bowl Jeffersonville High School PTA

Posted on August 31, 2023October 17, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Mixing Bowl Jeffersonville High School PTA, Jeffersonville, Indiana 1978

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Favorite Recipes From Our Best Cooks complied by the Philadelphia Chapter of Jack and Jill of America

Posted on August 30, 2023July 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Favorite Recipes From Our Best Cooks complied by the Philadelphia Chapter of Jack and Jill of America 1979

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The Flavor of Chester County

Posted on August 29, 2023August 2, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

The Flavor of Chester County complied by Chester County Junior Women’s Clubs First edition 1972, Revised edition 1975

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Invite Me Again

Posted on August 19, 2023July 1, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Invite Me Again

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Minnesota Heritage Cookbook: Hand-Me-Down Recipes

Posted on August 18, 2023December 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Minnesota Heritage Cookbook: Hand-Me-Down Recipes for the Benefit of the American Cancer Society, Minnesota Division, Inc 1979

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Favorite Recipes from Our Best Cooks: Welcome Wagon Club of Fairfield and Easton, Inc

Posted on August 17, 2023June 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Favorite Recipes from Our Best Cooks: Welcome Wagon Club of Fairfield and Easton, Inc

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Artist’s “Palate” Cook Book

Posted on August 15, 2023August 2, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Artist’s “Palate” Cookbook: A Book of Favorite Recipes from Our Artists and Friends compiled by the Cook Book Committee of the Art Department The Woman’s Club, Fort Worth, Texas 1979

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Recipes/1979

Posted on August 14, 2023August 2, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Recipes/1979 Good Things to Eat…from the Exchange Avenue Baptist Church Youth Choir The book opens with a letter from Bill Shingleton talking about how the sales of this book will fund the sixty-member choir’s trip to Florida in 1979. It sounds like it was a well-traveled choir—he says that in the past 20 years, the…

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