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Jane Butel’s Great Tastin’ Barbecue

May 5, 2025 in American Cuisine, Award Winning Cooks, Easy Recipes, Grilling, Kid-Friendly Recipes, Summer produce, Vintage cookbooks

Author Jane Butel knows her barbecue and considered a culinary expert for Tex-Mex and Southwest cooking. Are you ready for summer grilling?

Ina Garten Memoir: Be Ready When the Luck Happens

March 25, 2025 in Authors, Award Winning Cooks, Cooking Shows, Culinary History, Independent Book Stores, James Beard Awards, Memoirs, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Television Shows

Fans of the award-winning and beloved cookbook author Ina Garten will love her memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens.”

It’s National Shrimp Scampi Day

April 29, 2024 in Award Winning Cooks, Cooking Competitions, Easy Meals, Easy Recipes, Fish and Seafood, Food Products, Pizza, Prize-Winning Recipes, Recipes, Spicy Foods

Try a fabulous prize-winning shrimp pizza from a recipe contest in 1997 that is worth making for National Shrimp Scampi Day!

It’s National English Toffee Day!

January 8, 2024 in Award Winning Cooks, Candy and Treats, Classic Recipes, Culinary traditions, Food Awards, Food Gifts, Newspaper Food Clippings, Prize-Winning Recipes, Recipes, Vintage recipes

The recipe for this fabulous English Toffee was made famous by a 77-year-old in the 1980’s!

Peach-Apricot Jam

August 16, 2023 in Award Winning Cooks, Canning and Preserving, Classic Recipes, Cookbook Collecting, Cookbooks, Cooking Competitions, Culinary traditions, Food Awards, Food Gifts, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Summer produce, Summer Recipes

Peach-Apricot Jam is one of my all-time favorite jams of the summer.

Clementine Paddleford Remembered for National Women’s History Month

March 8, 2023 in Award Winning Cooks, Classic Recipes, Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Culinary traditions, Family Recipes, Food Awards, Food Events, Food Magazines, Food Products, Newspapers, Prize-Winning Recipes, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Restaurants, The Culinary Cellar, Travel, Vintage cookbooks, Vintage magazines, Vintage recipes

My blog series for Women’s History Month honoring a pioneer in our culinary landscape who paved the way for all women in the food world.

Ina Garten’s Go-To Dinners

January 20, 2023 in Award Winning Cooks, Cookbook awards, Cookbooks, Cooking Shows, Easy Meals, Family Recipes, James Beard Awards, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Television Shows

The latest cookbook from the ever-popular Ina Garten, with a great dinner recipe for chicken with lemon and thyme.

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Happy Birthday Kristina 2021

September 10, 2021 in Award Winning Cooks, Family, Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to our Kristina today! You will always find her reading a cookbook or in the kitchen developing a prize-winning recipe.

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Why I Started This Blog

I love cookbooks. I mean I really love them. I love to read them, treasure them, learn from them, and, of course, cook from them. To me, cookbooks take on a life all of their own. They are history, family, and memories. I have been collecting cookbooks and writing down treasured recipes of family, friends, and neighbors since about age twelve, which means I now own thousands of cookbooks, recipes, and clippings. Now I want to share them with you along with the many other culinary treasures of my cellar." - Debbie Vanni

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