How to cook retro cuisine from the 1930s through 1950s, for your next party.
Do you miss old-fashioned comfort food, just like Grandma used to make? This book is for you.
For several years of her... More > life, during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War, my Great Grandmother Emma Patterson was a professional cook at the hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania. I write “the” hotel, because there was only one. It was a small town.
She wrote down the recipes that she used at the hotel, as well as those she cooked for her family. When she passed away, she left behind six handwritten recipe notebooks. This book comes from four of those notebooks.
This is the second published collection of vintage recipes from my great-grandmother, Emma Patterson. These recipes come from the last four of six handwritten notebooks, dating from the 1930s through 1950s. The recipes in the first two notebooks were previously published as "Emma’s Pennsylvania Kitchen."< Less
For several years of her life, during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War, my Great Grandmother Emma Patterson was a professional cook at the hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania.... More > She wrote down the recipes that she used at the hotel, as well as those she cooked for her family. When she passed away, she left behind six handwritten recipe notebooks. Now, this collection of old fashioned recipes has been made into a book.
Emma must have found work using the best of her talents, because everyone in my family always remembered her as “a very good cook.” She was famous for her dessert recipes, especially, and the tradition was that if it was your birthday, she would make anything you wanted. You can imagine how that worked out with kids in the family!
I hope you enjoy rediscovering these old family recipes, many of which may not have been used for over half a century. I call it kitchen archeaology.
-Laura Perkins, May 2011< Less
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Mythic symbolism corresponding to the cycle of the planet Venus is found in stories from around the world, and these stories connect with astrological insight. This booklet provides a fascinating overview of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, in mathematics, nature, mythology, and astrology.< Less
For several years of her life, during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War, my Great Grandmother Emma Patterson was a professional cook at the hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania.... More > She wrote down the recipes that she used at the hotel, as well as those she cooked for her family. When she passed away, she left behind six handwritten recipe notebooks. Now, this collection of old fashioned recipes has been made into a book.
Emma must have found work using the best of her talents, because everyone in my family always remembered her as “a very good cook.” She was famous for her dessert recipes, especially, and the tradition was that if it was your birthday, she would make anything you wanted. You can imagine how that worked out with kids in the family!
I hope you enjoy rediscovering these old family recipes, many of which may not have been used for over half a century. I call it kitchen archeaology.
-Laura Perkins, May 2011< Less
About Laura Perkins
Laura Perkins is an artist and writer, at least when she can take time away from battling dragons and windmills and talking to the planets. She is currently working on a second book of Emma Patterson’s recipes. You can connect with her on facebook to find out more about the next Emma’s Kitchen book, and Etsy and her infrequent blog, AstroGirl’s Galaxy Guide, to find out more about her other projects.
Emma’s Pennsylvania Kitchen on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/emmaspakitchen
Laura’s other projects: http://moontreeriver.etsy.com http://www.astrogirlguides.com http://twitter.com/#!/astrogirlguides
Laura's books are also available as electronic books in formats for various devices on Smashwords.com and Amazon.com.
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