In addition to old cookbooks, my mother recently came across her grandfather’s World War I diary, from 1917 to 1919. I never met my great grandfather and quite enjoyed this rare connection to the past. He didn’t relay much personal sentiment in his journal; most of it is a simple chronicle of events, often a sentence or two, [...]
While going through some old photos with my mother we came across some old cookbooks, mostly numerous versions of the Metropolitan Cook Book and Royal Baking Cook Book, published by an insurance company and baking powder producer, respectively. I found it interesting to see the types of food made, old technique and now uncommon ingredients. [...]
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Hope everyone had a great New Year’s. Mine was spent with friends in the mountains of NC. We had good food and wine. I assisted with dinner, and for the morning-after I made the same Mexican breakfast casserole I’ve been making for years. My camera is a little better than my initial post on this [...]
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