Food Friday: Woman's Glory, Slovenian Women, and Pink Tea

A friend  recently picked up this  community cookbook in Indiana for me that illustrates some of the great content found in these cookbooks.Woman's Glory The Kitchen by the Slovenian Women's Union of America is 275 pages of everything from introductions, recipes, and kitchen tips to  photos, some street addresses and information about...

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From the Family Kitchen Virtual Book Tour

Next week I will be guest posting on some of my favorite  genealogy blogs as part of a virtual book tour for my new book, From the Family Kitchen. Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Family Recipes.Join me as we explore food, family and genealogy. Comment on any of these blog posts and be entered for a chance to win a signed copy of the book....

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Food Friday: Pickles for a Thousand of Your Closest Friends

I like pickles. I think that's probably obvious by now since I have spotlighted quite a few  pickled recipes. It's not unusual in community cookbooks to see recipes that are meant to serve a crowd. That makes sense if you think about it because many of these books are published  by church groups and they would have occasion for serving large...

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Press Release for My Book From the Family Kitchen

For Immediate ReleaseContact:Gena Philibert-Ortegagenaortega@gmail.comExplore the Food Your Ancestors Ate in New Book by Gena Philibert-OrtegaWhat do suet pudding, turtle soup and roast squirrel have in common? They are all foods our ancestors ate. In From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes, a new book by...

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Food Friday: Cinco de Mayo Edition

In honor of Cinco de Mayo I thought it appropriate to share a "Spanish" recipe. As you look at old community cookbooks they often have various versions of "ethnic" recipes. Of course it appears that typically there is  one ingredient in the recipe that for some reason makes it ethnic. In the recipes I find that are "Spanish" it's usually the inclusion...

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