Clementine Paddleford changed America’s culinary landscape but has long been forgotten. Not in my Cellar. One book survived and her spirit never left.

The Survival of Clementine

Finding Cookbooks on the 127 Corridor Sale
The 127 Corridor Sale is known as the World’s Longest Yard Sale. You know there will be cookbooks. Guess who was a lucky recipient?

The Barefoot Contessa is Back
Ina Garten is back in The Culinary Cellar!

Like a Good Neighbor…
My former neighbor of many years knew exactly what cookbooks I would miss after the flood, and they arrived on my doorstep.

Happy 96th Mom!!
Today my mom turns 96 years old and there’s going to be a total solar eclipse. No eclipse will eclipse my mom’s birthday!

Marina Loves to Bake
Marina Castle Kelley sent me a package of books to help rebuild The Culinary Cellar. It looks like we share a love of baking!

Bake-Off Superstar
Since I wrote about Bake-Off books in yesterday’s blog, I thought I would tell you today about a superstar Bake-Off winner.

The Pillsbury Doughboy Miracle
One of the heart-breaking losses of the Culinary Cellar flood was losing the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest books. Or so I thought….





