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June 13, 2007

Vintage cookbooks

If you're a culinary historian, or at least fascinated by old cookbooks, you might want to check out a neat Web site called OldCookbooks.com. The site is dedicated entirely to-- you got it-- old cookbooks. But they claim to have information about more than 15,000 rare and out-of-print cookbooks, some from the 1800s.
Even better, the site has launched an intriguing blog about the same topic. One recent entry was about a book devoted in part to making dainty little finger sandwiches out of such ingredients as nasturtiums, the edible flower that I happen to have blooming in my garden right this moment.
While you're at it, if you are in the mood for a laugh and have not seen Wendy McClure's site about the 1974 Weight Watcher recipe cards she found in her parents' basement, go here. And be sure to click on the cards for her hilarious captions on such recipes as "Fluffy Mackerel Pudding."

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[January 2, 2008 3:18 PM]

Flo Sielaff

I've got the "Better Homes and Gardens Heritage Cook Book". I was in San Jose, CA, the beginning of last year visiting an aunt. She gave me that one along with several others. This particular cookbook is amazing.

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