The Best of Food Friday 2012

On the eve of a  new year, I thought I would recap the most popular Food Friday posts for 2012. State Library of Queensland, Australia via Flickr the CommonsThey are:Turkey Skeleton Soup (Nov 23  ) Idiot Salad (Oct 26)Out of Vermont Kitchens-War Cake (October 12) Beef Tomato Gravy from the Los Angeles Times (September 14) Evansville...

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Food Friday Follow-Up: German Potato Salad

This last Food Friday I posted a recipe for German Potato Salad. Lucky for me, my friend and fellow genealogist Gary Clark of PhotoTree.com tried the recipe.Here's what he had to say:(c) 2012 Gary Clark, PhotoTree.com. Used with Permission"Loving German potato salad as I do, it was a no-brainer to give the recipe in your December 28th blog...

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Food Friday: German Potato Salad

Have  holiday leftovers? If you're like us, you may be eating countless ham sandwiches and need something to add to that. How about German Potato Salad?from the collection of Gena Philibert-OrtegaToday's recipe comes from Favourite Recipes from  the Motley Lionettes in Motley Minnesota.This 1980 cookbook includes a...

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Food Friday: Christmas Fruit Cake

Every year I hear people complaining about fruit cake and every year no one shares a slice with me. Yes, I like fruit cake. When I think of fruit cake I remember an old neighbor who would serve it with tea in a cute tea set complete with a knitted tea cozy.So here's not one but two fruit cake recipes for you from Recipes from Our...

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Food Friday: Arroz Con Jocoque

There's no doubt that community cookbooks are a source for researching women but there are other types of cookbooks that provide valuable information like  names and addresses. On the GenealogyBank blog I wrote about newspaper recipe contests and the resulting cookbooks that included women's names. The modern magazine Taste of Home is another...

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Win My Book and Money! Archives.com Recipe Contest

Official Submission PageThe holidays aren't complete without that special family recipe. Archives wants to celebrate your family's favorite holiday recipes. Between now and 12:00pm (PST) on December 21, 2012, enter the Archives Family Recipes Contest for a chance to win great prizes: 1st Prize: $300 2nd Prize: $2003rd Prize: $100First, second, and...

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Food Friday: Cookie Recipes from the Mothers of World War II

Today is  the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor so it seemed fitting to provide recipes from a cookbook published by the Mothers of World War II (1954).The address found on the cover is that of their nationwide headquarters in 1954.From the collection of Gena Philibert-OrtegaAs with any recipe from an older cookbook make sure you...

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