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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.

Give Your Valentine a Kiss

February 13, 2023 in Easy Recipes, Family Recipes, Food Gifts, Valentine's Day

Give a Kiss for Valentine’s Day and maybe you will get a kiss in return!

Popcorn-Almond Fudge

December 2, 2022 in Christmas, Easy Recipes, Food Gifts, Recipes

Popcorn in Fudge? It’s fun and delicious!

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.

Last Minute, One Minute Christmas Appetizer

December 24, 2020 in Canning and Preserving, Christmas, Classic Recipes, Cookbooks, Food Gifts, Holidays, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Spicy Foods

Here is the easiest appetizer ever and looks so festive with its red and green Christmas colors, not to mention it tastes wonderful!

The Forty Year Recipe Search

September 17, 2019 in Culinary Cellar work, Food Gifts, Food Magazines, Recipes, Sphere Magazine, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage magazines

I love helping my readers find long-lost recipes from vintage Sphere magazine, the latest being an over 40-year search for Eggplant Parmesan from 1975.

Gift from a Garden

September 2, 2019 in Classic Recipes, Easy Recipes, Food Gifts, Healthier Recipes, Holidays, Summer produce

What’s more fun than a gift from the garden? How about making bruschetta for a Labor Day treat?

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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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