Even dreary, chilly days around Chicago can’t stop the excitement of finding new items to keep rebuilding The Culinary Cellar!
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The Latest Additions for The Culinary Cellar
May 8, 2019 in Cookbooks, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar

Hoska Twists for Easter
April 18, 2019 in Classic Recipes, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Culinary traditions, Easter, Family, Food Magazines, Holidays, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Sphere Magazine, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage magazines, Vintage recipes
Here is a special Eastern European holiday bread for Easter called Hoska Twists. It’s heavenly!

Sphere Magazine, April 1977
April 5, 2019 in Easy Meals, Easy Recipes, Food Magazines, Healthier Recipes, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Sphere Magazine, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage magazines
Happy April! See what Sphere was cooking up in April of 1977. I found an easy meal of baked codfish plus lots of other recipes!

Sphere Magazine, January/February 1977
February 27, 2019 in Classic Recipes, Food Magazines, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Sphere Magazine, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage magazines
This issue of vintage Sphere has recipes from the Yucatan, cooking in a Doufeu pot, sandwich recipes, and a great sausage lasagna.

Do Your Books Spark Joy?
February 3, 2019 in Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Newspapers, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Television Shows, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage cookbooks
Is that a trick question?

Happy 9th Anniversary to The Culinary Cellar!
January 31, 2019 in Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar
So much has happened in the past nine years, but I’m still here to share the love of cookbooks and recipes.

Kitchen Witch and Miss Ella
January 16, 2019 in Cookbook Stores, Cookbooks, Culinary History, James Beard Awards, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Restaurants, The Culinary Cellar, Travel, Vintage cookbooks
The iconic Kitchen Witch cookbook store is a New Orleans original. Owners Debbie and Philipe donated this book to The Culinary Cellar!

The Cookbook Express
January 9, 2019 in Cookbook Gifts, Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Family, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar, Travel
Look at all those boxes of cookbooks coming all the way from Georgia, delivered by “The Cookbook Express!”
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





