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.
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The Forty Year Recipe Search
September 17, 2019 in Culinary Cellar work, Food Gifts, Food Magazines, Recipes, Sphere Magazine, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage magazines

Ball Blue Book of Preserving
August 14, 2019 in Canning and Preserving, Classic Recipes, Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary traditions, Easy Recipes, Farmer's Markets, Food Gifts, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, Summer produce, The Culinary Cellar
It’s time to make some jam with one of my favorite Ball books of preserving.

New Heights for Lasagne
August 9, 2019 in Cookbooks, Culinary History, Family, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar
How do you make lasagne? Let us count the ways!

Recipes as Easy as Pie
July 25, 2019 in Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Pillsbury Bake-Off, Prize-Winning Recipes, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar
Linda Blakely’s creative cooking ideas made her a winner at a Pillsbury Bake-Off contest. She sent me a box of books, and I loved this one for pies!

Something’s Fishy!
July 17, 2019 in Cookbooks, Easy Meals, Easy Recipes, Healthier Recipes, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar
All kinds of ways to enjoy a variety of fish and seafood. Healthy and easy for no fuss cooking and grilling!

The American Gothic Cookbook
July 10, 2019 in Classic Recipes, Cookbooks, Culinary History, Easy Recipes, Family, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar, Travel
One of my favorite artists is Grant Wood, from Iowa. The American Gothic Cookbook offers recipes from the Heartland.

Aunt Margery’s Devil’s Food Cake
July 7, 2019 in Easy Recipes, Family, Recipes, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage recipes
Great-Aunt Margery’s Devil’s Food Cake has been a birthday cake staple in our family for many years. See how I made it for my husband’s birthday.

Francesco Ghedini Classic
July 3, 2019 in Award-Winning Chefs, Chefs, Classic Recipes, Cookbooks, Culinary Cellar work, Culinary History, Culinary traditions, Rebuilding the Culinary Cellar, The Culinary Cellar, Vintage cookbooks
I decided to write about another Italian cookbook, this time the cooking exclusively from Northern Italy.
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





