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4th Generation Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

December 15, 2021 in Christmas, Classic Recipes, Culinary History, Culinary traditions, Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Food Gifts, Grandchildren, Holidays, Mom, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage recipes

My favorite childhood gingerbread cookie recipe from my mom, now will be made by a 4th generation this week by her great-granddaughter.

Ice Cream for Dinner

May 9, 2021 in Classic Recipes, Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Mom, Mother's Day, Recipes

Yes, sometimes my mom would say all she wanted for dinner was ice cream.

A Young Bride’s Recipe

May 8, 2021 in Classic Recipes, Culinary History, Easy Meals, Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Mom, Mother's Day, Recipes, Vintage recipes

Here is a recipe from my mom’s box that was one of the first meals she ever made for my dad when she was a young bride.

Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew

May 7, 2021 in Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Healthier Recipes, Mom, Mother's Day, Recipes, Summer produce

I found a special recipe in my mom’s recipe box for jazzing up beautiful melon balls. Perfect for a Mother’s Day fruit salad.

Well-Used Recipe Cards

May 6, 2021 in Classic Recipes, Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Mom, Recipes

You know a recipe is well-loved when the card is yellowed and has so many splatters that it’s hard to read!

A Week of Mom’s Recipes

May 3, 2021 in Award Winning Cooks, Cooking Competitions, Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Food Events, Pillsbury, Pillsbury Bake-Off, Prize-Winning Recipes, Recipes

To honor my mom for Mother’s Day, I am going to raid her recipe box every day this week and find some of her favorites. Let’s start with her $10,000 soup!

London, England - June 13, 2015: Queen Elizabeth II in an open carriage with Prince Philip for trooping the colour 2015 to mark the Queens official birthday, London, UK

Happy Birthday to Queen Elizabeth (and me!)

April 21, 2021 in Easy Recipes, Family, Family Recipes, Finland, Finnish cooking, Happy Birthday, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar

Happy Birthday to Her Majesty and me on our shared birthday!

Dancin’ Around the Kitchen

December 7, 2020 in Christmas, Classic Recipes, Culinary traditions, Family, Family Recipes, Holidays, The Culinary Cellar

Cookie-baking makes me happy. It makes me even happier to listen to happy music while baking.

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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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