Cedar Writes

Tag: vintage cookery

  • Why Read Cookbooks?

    Why Read Cookbooks?

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    As a companion piece for my post today at the Mad Genius Club, where I talk about audience for writers, and give the results for a very interesting survey I conducted of readers, I decided that I’d talk here about why you should read cookbooks. Not just to use them for looking up recipes, but…

  • Vintage Kitchen: Mushroom Dream

    Vintage Kitchen: Mushroom Dream

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    Week three of cooking through my heirloom antique and vintage cookbook collection, and I’m serving up a recipe that made my First Reader’s eyes light up when he saw it. He loves anything that calls for mushrooms. This recipe comes from the 1929 International Cook Book, and you can find some of the contributors in…