The joy of cooking brings people together across generations, and then one day something lands on your kitchen table and that bond becomes forever.
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Nurse Helen and Her Recipes
Sphere Magazine, April/May 1975
If Spring is in the air, then it’s time for asparagus! This issue of vintage Sphere has a beautiful spread of this treasured vegetable.
Christmas Stollen
If Christmas is near, then it’s time to make stollen. I found the most amazing recipe in a Bavarian cookbook. I wish you could taste it!
The Dishes of Thanksgiving
And I don’t mean the food. I mean the dishes that hold the food and the utensils that made the food. To me, they are as essential as the family recipes.
National Cookbook Month
October is National Cookbook Month!
Pumpkin Caramel Kringle
If you have to ask what a kringle is, you are probably not from the Midwest. And if you know what a kringle is, you know you want one from Racine.
The Dione Lucas Meat and Poultry Cookbook
Dione Lucas was the first woman to host her own cooking show on American television. I love her easy and fabulous pork chops from this cookbook.
Sphere Magazine, September 1974
Vintage Sphere Magazine September 1974 featured Hungarian cooking including a delicious Goulash Soup, perfect for fall weather.