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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Such a great idea, Kate! Unfortunately I’m on the road and not near enough to peruse my cookbook collection and probably can’t join the zoom meeting, much as I’d like to. But here’s what I remember:

I think I purchased my first cookbook when I was first living on my own while attending college. It was a paperback edition of the All New Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook. It was a paperback edition and I was living in an apartment in Waltham, Massachusetts trying to figure out how to feed myself. I think the first thing I looked up was how to hard boil an egg! I don’t have the book anymore—I believe it fell apart years ago—but now I’m going to have to order a used copy!

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lois's avatar

Sounds so good! But, I'll be at work. I think, probably, Better Homes and Gardens, circa 1940... dark green cover, petit-four pictures in fly leaves. Love it!

Moosewood isn't nearly as old, but still a favorite.

Do you record it? It would be great to see them all. Have fun.

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