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Valentine's Day Countdown! Heart Shaped Fish Croquettes

It's only a few weeks from Valentines Day, so there's no time like RIGHT NOW to start thinking about VD goodies! Especially all you wives out there.Wilma said it best.Apparently Pet Milk agreed that...

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Toast! Photocopy style.

Check out this darling, yellow and yellowing paperback for kids, published by...XEROX?I love finding children's cookbooks because they take me back to my own childhood, and the books given to me as...

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How do you want your book to look?

We are working on cover designs for the Cookbook Love Kitchen Memories book. Ideas so far have included:A collage of recipes, cookbook covers, and vintage appliance photos.Era-inspired drawings of...

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On your mark, pencils set, now WRITE!

We told you there was news afoot, and the day has come to announce it!In honor of all of you who love to share your memories about kitchens and cooking past, we are putting together a book. Written by...

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Where there's smoke, there might be cigarettes

This book was my cocktail hour reading a few weeks ago. I had to pick it up, because just look at the cover!I love the way the graphic floats dreamily on the green background, pretending it's real...

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Random Acts of Cookery

It's rainy and blustery, gray and daunting outside.I'm making guacamole, thawing a cheap steak, roasting a winter squash, and cooking down a ham bone for stock. None of these activities as yet has any...

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Canning as art?

Canning as art form! And I can't manage to make a batch of refrigerator pickles.

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Coffee 2 ways

Here are two recipes for coffee from Meals for Small Families. The second one is both fascinating and revolting.CoffeeFor 1 person:2 tablespoonfuls ground coffee1 cup cold waterMix the coffee and water...

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Pies of Intimidating Beauty

In the spring I wrote a HuffPost Food piece titled 8 Crusts to Cure Your Fear of Pie-ing because so many of us are intimidated by pie crust. My premise is that pretty doesn't really matter. But then I...

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Viva le Hot Dog!

Cookbook Love loves hot dogs!And so does Cutco. And so does their illustrator, Frank Marcello. Just look at this fine fellow fencing, confident in his meat selection:Why he's parried and thrust her...

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Subliminal Bananas for a Better Finale

"Nothing is smarter, nothing more pleasing, than a fruit finale to a meal."Clearly he agrees.She, however, cannot bring herself to meet his gaze: This disquiets me, and makes me wonder if an even more...

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Food Poems for National Poetry Day

A few years ago, Saveur Magazine published a story called A Feast for Bards: 13 Favorite Food Poems, which opened by saying: "Scratch a poet, find a gourmand. Every aspect of gastronomy, from planting...

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Hot Gazpacho à la Alice B. Toklas

I've been reading The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book which I bought a few months ago at an estate sale. I thought the title sounded familiar, but had no idea what I was actually buying.The book is a...

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On Gingerbread and One Humped Camels

My how things have changed.According to the Food Timeline, gingerbread has been around for centuries, but has shifted and changed with the times, as most things do. For example, in the 1930s it was...

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Spry! Best Wedding Gift Ever!

Spry Pure Vegetable Shortening did an amazing job with marketing during the mid 1930s through the mid 1950s. They created a character named Aunt Jenny who appeared in print advertisements and hosted a...

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Magical Tricks with Flavor!

I just discovered a goldmine! The Minute Rice website offers a collection of vintage recipes, including this one, which I thought was appropriate given the holiday season:Recipes on the ads include...

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Pancake Races

Flipping flap jacks has never been so much fun!

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Share Your Kitchen Memories

During this time of pandemic many of us are drawn to the comfort of the kitchen, with all it's scents and memories. As worry and fear threaten to consume us, it's more important than ever to remember...

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Molasses Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

The weather's turned crisp and the leaves are growing crunchy, and while I'm no fan of the pumpkin spice craze, when I discovered frozen pumpkin in the freezer, I knew it was time for a batch of...

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Kitchen Snark Coloring book

Do you love cookbooks? Need a distraction from the cares of the world? The Kitchen Snark Coloring Book is here to help! You'll find 50 pages filled with humor, wisdom, memories, and a touch of snark,...

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National Cheese Pizza Day! (Plus Hotdogs)

Today is National Cheese Pizza Day! Yippee!In honor of this day of all days, I offer you the following recipe for Polka Dot Pizzas.OK, so it's technically NOT cheese pizza. But it is pizza, sort of....

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Cookbook of the week for April 2, 2021: Quick and Easy Meals for Two (1952)

The cookbook of the week for April 2, 2021 was this little cutie, Quick and Easy Meals for Two, published in 1952! Here's our kickoff video for it:The title page offers a preview of the adorable...

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Cookbook of the Week: Magical Amazing JELL-O Desserts (1977)

 Here's the cookbook of the week, circa 1977!Here's the title page:Here's a video preview:Want to see more? Check in with the Cookbook Love page on Facebook to see photos and recipes all week. Enjoy!

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Cookbook of the Week: Mastering the Art of Outdoor Cooking on Your Gas Grill,...

 The cookbook of the week is Mastering the Art of Outdoor Cooking on Your Gas Grill, just in time for a few more summer barbecues before the leaves start to change color.While there's no copyright date...

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Cookbook of the Week: Baker's Cut-Up Cake Party Book, circa 1973

The cookbook of the week is Baker's Cut-Up Cake Party Book, a little paperback cram-packed with ideas for celebrations and fancy, funny cakes around which to build parties.Here's the front cover:Tune...

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