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Library of Cookbooks

A Campbell Cookbook, Cooking with Soup,

608 skillet dishes, casseroles, stews, sauces, gravies, dips, soup mates and garnishes… Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Chinese New Year, Valentines Day, St Patrick’s Day, Lent, Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day ….

 

Addy’s Cook Book, The American Girls Collection,

Breakfast, Dinner, Favorite Foods,…fried fish…corn bread…pound cake…1864


All-In-One Oven Meals, by Ruth Bean, 1952,
Avocado and Creamed Crab for Four…Striped Bass Dinner for Six…Chicken Italian-Style for Four…Prime Ribs of Beef for Four…Spanish Beef for Four….Ham and Potato in Mustard Sauce for Four….

 

American Cooking, Foods of the World, 1968

…US Choice: Meat and Poultry…A Delectable Kettle of Fish…The Joy of Baking….black bean soup…baked bourbon-glazed ham…shrimp mousse…Nesselrode Pudding (currants, raisins, dark rum, yolks)…candied chestnuts.

 

America’s Christmas Heritage by Ruth Cole Kainen, 1969

How Christmas Began – A New American Christmas – Cardamom, Swedish, Julbrod, Kolacky, Limpa, Lucia Buns, Moravian sugar cake, Panettone, Portuguese sweet, Saffron, Swedish, Stollen, White Christmas, Russian….

 

A Pinch of This A Dash of That, Gooseberry Patch, 2005

Farmhouse Breakfasts…Old-Fashioned Breads…Simmering Soups…Patchwork Salads…Family-style Casseroles…Hometown Main Dishes…Country Sides…  …Grandma’s Baked Goods…German Chocolate Pie…Aunt Esther’s Chocolate Chip Cookies…Texas Sheet Cake…Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies…Sweetheart Muffins, Sparta NJ, Brown Sugar French Toast, Sussex NJ, Chicken Salad, High Bridge NJ, Chicken Cacciatora Bayville, NJ….

 

A Taste of Jersey, Lenape Women’s Club, 1977

…Kosher Pickles…Givech…Rice and Ham Salad…Lazy Bone Stew…Cippino Sauce for Seafood…Ham Roll Ups…Santa Claus Cookies…Daffodil Cake (Easter Cake)…Rinktum Ditty

 

Better Homes & Gardens Birthdays and family Celebrations, 1963

New Year’s…Valentine…Easter…Halloween… Thanksgiving…Christmas Roast Leg of Lamb…Fried Turkey Pieces…German Lubkuchen…Swedish Spritsar

 

Better Homes and Gardens Treasury of Christmas Crafts & Foods, 1980

Miniature Eggnog Coffee Cakes, Three Kings’s Ring, Scandinavian Julekaga, Austrian Kugelhof, Ukranian Christmas Doughnuts, Dutch Ollebollen, Finnish Chestnut Fingers, Norwegian Berlinekranser,  Greek Kourabiedes, German Pfessemuesse, Italina Crostoll.

 

Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook, 2006

Sausage-Cheese Balls Bacon and Swiss Quiche, Crown Roast of Pork with Stuffing Sweet and Spicy Rubbed Ham, Green Beans and Shitake Mushrooms, Gingerbread Cookies, Merry Cherry Biscotti, Chai Spiced Bread, Garlic Bread Wreath….

 

Betty Crocker’s Guide to Easy Entertaining – How to Have Guests-And Enjoy Them 1959

Buffet Dinners- Stuffing Elegante, Washington Cherry Ham Glaze, Stuffed Leg of Lamb, Baked Bean and Sausage Casserole, Squash Continental…Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes….

 

Betty Crocker Summer Salads & Veggies, 1993

Almond Salad, Quinoa, Basil Salad, Lale Saute, Mango Salad Pork, Ratatouille Salad, Tabbouleh, Tarragon Potato Salad….

 

Christmas Cookies Avenel Books, 1990

Cut Out, Drop, Bar, Hand-Shaped, Special Cookies

 

Cocina, Manual de Cocina (Spanish Cookery) Colectivo, 1982, Roscon de Reyes…

 

Cook Book Favorite Recipes From Our Best Cooks, Bloomingdale NJ, 1968-1985

Puffed Cheesies, Holiday Fruit Salad, Turkey Meat Balls Oriental, Baked Beans for 35, Copper Pennies, Rugelach, Russian Pound Cake, Crepes Negro, Phil’s Italian Doughnuts

 

Cooking For The Health Of It, Galil Becker R.D., 1981

…Broccoli Cheese Pie…Noodle Pudding…Holiday Eggnog…Marinated Pork Chops…Spinach Noodle Fettucine…Holiday Cherry Cake…Pumpkin Pie…Chocolate Crinkles…Low Sodium Brownies….

 

Cupcakes with Wings Recipes by Buhri, Kennedy, Brianna, February 2009.
-Chocolate Truffles, Petits Fours, Mini Moon Pies, Double Chocolate Brownies, Raspberry Cheesecake, Carmel Corn, Cookies “n” Cream Cupcakes


Easy Steps to Gourmet Eating by Julie Habib ,1974

Hors d’Oeuvres-Avocado Stuffed with Shrimp (Belgium) Pat’s Spinakopita (Greek) Shrimp Vinagrette (Italian) Vegetables Chicon Au Gratin (Belgium) Mussels Moules Provencal Scones (English)

 

Entirely Entertaining, A Book of Party Menus and Recipes, The Junior League of Montclair, Inc., 1968,
Late Sunday Breakfast, Blueberries and Mandarin Oranges, Sausage Quiches, Fried Green Tomatoes, Miniature Danish Pastries Coffee…Sunday Lunch, Bloody Marys or Bull Shots, Sliced Steak Piquante, Sauce Diane, Fabulous Cheese Casserole, Mixed Green Salad with Avocado, Tomatoes, Radishes, Louise’s Apple Fantasy…Fall Tailgate Picnic…Summer Cocktail Party…Second Helpings….


Family fare food management and recipes US Dept of Agriculture , Feb 1950

Main Dishes to Desserts...bacarian cream, brown betty, cobbler, custard…frozen mint.

 

Favorite Food For Family and Friends, The Woman’s Guild, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, NJ 1975
…Sherry Cheese Spread…Maine Fish Chowder…Piquant Crab Casserole…Lazy Way Beef Burgundy…Greek Lamb…Mushroom Casserole…Yugoslavian Vegetables…Lorna’s Angel Salad…Tropical Cheese Cake….


Filippo Berio Mediterranean Cookery, 1995, Fisherman’s Stew, Three Bean Salad,

Penne with Fresh Herb Tomato Sauce, Baked Fish Galician Style, Spanish Roasted Pork Loin and Eggplant Puree, Broiled Lamb Chops…Carrot Cake.

 

Fish Food, 1990 Judith Ann Bosley

Appetizers & Sauces, Sandwiches & Salads, Main Dishes, On the Grill, Fresh Water Fish…”It is low in fat and high in nutrition.”

 

Food & Wine’s Holiday Favorites, Festive recipes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s

….Parmesan Christmas Trees…Bacalao Gloria….Sweet Potatoes with Cider and Brown Sugar…Pearl Onions in Creamy Onion Sauce…Old-Fashioned Pie Dough….

 

For Good Cooking – Mercer County Auxiliary Trenton NJ ,1968-87

Appetizers, Artichoke Dip…Meats, Surprise Balls…Vegetables, April Souffle, Breads, Pumpkin Bread…Desserts-Norwegian Apple Pie (No Crust)

 

Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places, 1950,
Broiled Live Maine Lobster, Spaghetti Sicilienne With Clams, Boneless Baked Chicken,  New England Pecan Pie, Coconut Cream Chiffon Pie, Swiss Cheese Fondue….


Forum Feasts from Friends of the Forum School, 1968

Waldwick NJ Appetizers to Sweets – Mexican Dip to Yorkshire Pudding (Muffins)

 

Fun in the Kitchen, A Handbook of Cherished Recipes,, 1949,
Entrees, Pineapple-Glazed Baked Smoked Ham Butt…Seafood Luncheon Casserole…Mushrooms A L King…Bridal Salad…Bisque Tortoni…Mashed Banana Cake…Scotch Scones….Feeding a Crowd…Wassail Bowl…Swedish Meat Balls (Serves 50)…Vegetable Jardinière….


Gallery Gourmet Compliments of W B Howe realtors-insurers, 197-

Rosalyn Carter’s Plains Special Cheese Ring, Joan Mondale’s Recipe for Pumpkin Bread, Ed Muskie’s Fish Chowder, Senator Harrison A Williams Favorite Dish….

 

In the Kitchen with Rosie, Oprah’s Favorite Recipes, by Rosie Daley (NJ author)

Pesto Linguine in Fresh Tomato Sauce, Spinach Fettucini with Ginger Chicken, Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon & Garlic, Bow Tie Pasta with Blackened Scallops…Sweet Potato Pie….

 

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home 1999

Traditional Gravlax, Leek Soup…Cold Beef Salad a la Parisienne…Do-ahead Seafood Bread… Steamed Lobsters…Chicken Pot Pie….Chocolate Roulade….Apple Tart….

 

Laces and Ladies, The Lost Art Lacers’ Cookbook, Lost Art Lacers of North Jersey, Newton NJ. Not dated

…Puerto Rican Fish…Turkey Stuffing, Waldorf Style…Chalupas (Ground Beef & Beans on Tortilla)…Arroz con Pollo…Nana’s Wiener Paprikash…Yorkshire Pudding…Muriel’s Quiche Lorraine…Tortellini A La Bancale…Swordfish in Sour Cream…Danish Cucumbers & Onions…Plato Unico-Almuerzo (pumpkin squash…) Great-Aunt Marie’s Arcturus Rolls (a special occasion bread)…Kugel…Jo’s Cake….

 

Martha Stewart’s Quick Book, 200 easy and elegant recipes, 1983 (signed by author)

Spring…Rack of Baby Lamb…Summer…Halibut with Fennel…Fall…Mussels with Pesto…Tian of Zucchini, Tomatoes and Potatoes…Baked Goat Cheese with Salad… Winter….Kielbasa in Beer & Onions…Fettuccine with Smoked Salmon & Fresh Peas…

 

Maytag Dutch Oven Gas Range Instruction & Cook Book, 1949

Breads, Cakes, Cookies, Soups, Dinners, Vegetables. Orange Tea Biscuits, Bohemian Coffee Cake, Swedish Cookies, Peach Cobbler, Baked Fish…French Asparagus Tips…

 

Menus From Many Lands,  Algeria,
Tagine (Lamb with raisins and prunes)…American Indian Wild Rice and Venison…Germany…Afternoon Coffee and Yellow Cake…Italy, Dinner for Four, Fettine alla Pizzaiola (veal cutler, pizza style)…Peru, Cazuela, stew….


Miriam B Loo’s Family Favorites Cookbook ,1977

Spring Summer Fall & Winter – Easter Sunday, Fourth July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve. Holiday Bread…Rosettes…Frozen Lemon Dessert….Orange Sherbet Salad….

 

Mom n Pop’s Apple Pie 1950’s Cookbook by Barbara Stuart Peterson

Holiday Glazed Chicken…Pop’s Turkey Macaroni Chili…Grandma’s Stuffed Lamb….Grandma’s Special Old-Fashion Succotash…Party Time Angel Food Cake….Xmas Figgy Pudding…Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie…Mom’s Marshmallow Bars

 

Muffins, Sixty Sweet and Savory Recipes…From Old Favorites to New by Elizabeth Alston, 1985

…Yankee Maple Corn Muffins…Chocolate Orange Muffins…English….

 

Newman’s Own Cookbook, Paul Newman, 1998, (signed by Joanne Woodward)

Hud’s Molasses-Grilled Pork with Port Wine Sauce…Joanne Woodward’s Sole Cabernet…Hotchner’s Spanish Swordfish…Caramelized East Indian Vegetables…Sockarooni Orange kiss-Me Cake….

 

New Jersey Association of the Deaf, Inc. Cookbook, 19-

Sausage & Rice…Ham Patties…Carrot-Pineapple Salad…Jewish Apple Cake….

 

New Jersey Cookery by David and Gail Trimble, 1963

Apple Snacks…Asparagus and Salmon Mornay…Swedesboro Baked Asparagus…Gloucester Peach Kuchen…Traditional Egg Nog.

 

New Jersey Fish & Seafood Cookbook, NJ Dept of Agriculture

Scallops with Linguine and Spinach, Swordfish Cake Tokay, Stuffed Flounder with Crabmeat & Mushrooms….

 

New Jersey’s Own COOKBOOK, Women’s Association of the Elmora Presbyterian Church Elizabeth NJ, First Edition 1949

(handwritten signed recipe book) 400 pages …Cranberry Ice Punch…Blueberry Corn Bread…Norwegian Julikake…French Coffee Cake…Grandma Crane’s Pumpkin Rolls…Toasted Ham Sandwich…Oven Barbecued Spareribs…French Fried Shrimp…Asparagus, Country Style…Baked peas…Baked Stuffed Tomatoes…Greek Festive Cakes…Fried Apples (Good With Sausage)….

 

Our Favorite Recipes, Ridgewood Methodist Church, 1963 (handwritten) 386 pages

…German Meatballs…Ham Squares…Turkey Noodle Casserole (for 50 people)…Baked Seafood Casserole…Lincoln Sweet Potatoes…Viennese Browned Rice… Avocado-Grapefrut Salad…Coca Cola Salad…Angle Pie…Golden Puffs…For Men Only…Baked Mussels Hors d’ueuvres…Swedish Coffee Cake….It’s Christmas Time…...CanapePeroche…Holly Wreaths…Noel Nut Balls…BiscohitooPfeffernussen….

 

Pot Pies, Forty Savory Suppers, Ojakangas, Beatrice, 1993,
Cheese and Chile Pie…Ratatouille Pie…Moroccan Chicken Pie…Shrimp Pie with Dilled Havarti and Roasted Peppers…Flemish Beef Pie Carbonnades…French Easter Pie…Cornmeal Pastry.


Prevention’s Meals That Heal Cookbook, 1992

Sweet Potato Casserole, Flounder with Mustard and Thyme, Cheesecake Tart, Easy Frozen Yogurt….

 

Recipes from First Presbyterian Church, Vineland NJ
…Sparkling Cranberry Drink…Scandinavian Salad…Copper Pennies…Mazetti…Sausage Scramble…Aunt Lelia’s Coffee Cake…Orangeenkuchen-Orange Cake…Honey Dressing….


Recipes from First Presbyterian Church Vineland, NJ 125th Anniversary 1988-1989

Appetizers…Sparkling Cranberry Drink…Vegetables…Stuffed Leaves…Cakes and Cookies, Pumpkin Squares…Zuccarini with Ricotta….

 

Recipes from Immanuel Lutheran Church, My Kitchen Prayer…Oatmeal French Bread…Holly Drop Cookies…Quick Fudge Frosting…Chocolate Angel Delight…Creole Round Steak Roll…Fisherman’s Dinner…Cranberry Salad…Yam Pineapple Bake….


Rosary – Altar Society Cook Book , St. Catharine’s Church, Holmdel NJ,
Bourban Punch, Mulled Cider, Old-Fashioned Eggnog, Spiced Tea, …Making Doughnuts… …Kalacs of Nut Rolls…Clams Oregano…Pot Roast-German Style…Csoroge….


Sharing Our Best From Our Oven to Yours From Your YMCA Fitness Staff Red Bank NJ, 1978

Appetizers – E-Z Hot Buffalo Wings, Meats, Stuffed Cabbage, Vegetables, Almond String Beans, Breads,  Pumpkin Muffins, Dessert, Holiday Jell-O to Hot Christmas Punch

 

Six Ingredients or Less Cooking Light & Healthy by Carlean Johnson,1992

…Angel Cake Desserts to Fish, Meat, Pasta, Salad Dressings, Sandwiches to Yams….

 

Specialty Breads and Basic Sweet Doughs, Tested Formulas, The Borden Food Products Co, 1952,
Homemade White Pan Bread, 100% Whole Wheat Bread, American Rye, Garrison Bread, De Luxe Raisin Bread, Sweet Dough for cinnamon rolls, coffee cake…English Cottage Loaf, Holland Dutch Loaf …Irish Raisin Bread…Vienna Bread…


St. Joseph’s Cook Book – Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark, Jersey City NJ – 19--

Salmon Salad, Pork Chops, Sweet Potatoes and Apples, Harvard Beets, Miracle Cake, Spritz Gebackenes….Dishes from faraway places, “Roshky” or “Horns”.

 

Talking with My Mouth Full – Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and other Kitchen Stories by Bonny Wolf

…regional specialties, Amish Cuisine, Baltimore, Minnesota, New Orleans, Smith Island, Maryland….

 

TAPAS The Little Dishes of Spain, Penelope Casas, 1989

Tapas in sauce, pates, with bread or pastry, with last-minute preparation….

 

Tastefully Yours Brothes of Israel Sisterhood Trenton, NJ,
Krepach…Oven Braised Short Ribs…Cheese Blintzes…Weequahic Salad…Hamantaschen…Passover Cookies….


Tewksbury Treasures A Culinary Collection, The Women’s Club of Tewksbury, 1986

Salads and Dressings, Pasta, Potatoes, Rice & Vegetables, Meats, Seafood, Brunch N Lunch, Bread, Desserts, Sundries and Potpourri…Hors D’Oeuvres, Gougere…Cucumber Pinwheel Sandwiches…Tortellini Alfredo with Peas and Prosciutto…French Herbed Chicken…Easy Lamb Stew…Budapest Pork…Baked Scrod Garden-Style..Eggs Espanol…Swedish Sponge Cake with Peaches…Black Forest Cherry Cake…Wine Jelly….Christmas Cookies (old recipe)…Wassail…May Wine…Champagne Punch….

 

The Co-op Low Cost Cookbook - Consumers Cooperative Berkeley Inc., 1965

Eggs, Seafood, Poultry, Beef, Lamb, Pork Meats, Beans, Arab Casserole-Veal

 

The Cooking of Spain and Portugal, Foods of the World, 1969

Cocido Madrileno (one pot soup, vegetables, meats) Churros Madrilenos (Crisp-Fried Crullers) Fabada Asturiana, (Bean Soup With Sausages) Bacalbau a Gomes de Sa (Salt Cod with Potatoes, Onions and Black Olives, Oves Moles (Egg Yolk Icing)….

 

The Best of AMISH Cooking, Phyllis Pellman Good, 2001

Mainstays, One-Pot Dishes, Meats, Salads, Vegetables, Pies, Breads, Pies, Cookies, Beverages….

 

The Best of Martha Stewart Living Holidays, 1993

recipes, gifts, decorations thanksgiving and Christmas…Quail with Brussels…Antique Apples…Honey Lebkuchen…German Butter Cookies…Biscochitos…Mazurka with Apricot Topping…Wild Mushroom and Leek Beggar’s Purses…Linzer Dough…New Year’s Eve…Basil Pasta…Brandy Snap Cups….

 

The Complete Book of Coffee by Harry Rolnick, 1982

…Café Diable…Biscuit Coffee…Iced Coffee Ole…Autumn Coffee….

 

The Glamour after Five Cookbooks, 1952,
January, Pork Chops with Bananas…March, Orange Marmalade Baked Ham…July, Andalusia Lamb…November…Flounder Maundered…December, Mexican Beef w. Olives…Chicken Provencal…Fiesta Fruit….


The Good Housekeeping Illustrated COOKBOOK, 1980

Appetizers, Soups, Main Dishes, Vegetables, Yeast Breads, Pies & Desserts, Eggs, Fish, Meat & Poultry, Sandwiches, Beverages, Useful Information

 

The Holiday Cookbook by Louise Stallard, 1992

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, New Year’s…Halloween Melba Toast - Boxing Day Deviled Beef Bones

 

The International Cook – Campbell Soup, 1980

Eggplant Relish…Arroz con Pollo...Gambas al AjilloPistou…German Spatzle

 

The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook The Original Classics, 2000

Beans Five Salad…Beef & Asparagus Negamaki…Black Beans Cuban…Bruschetta Goat Cheese…Chicken Ragout Spring…Clams Saffron and Shellfish Riscotti…Cornmeal Confetti Cornbread…

 

The Mediterranean Diet – Wine, Pasta, Olive Oil, and  Long Healthy Life by Carol and Malcolm McConnell, 1987 

… Appetizers, Taramosalata (Greeks & Turks) Stuffed Mussels (Turkey) Pasta E Fagioli (Italian Pasta & Bean Soup) Beans & Sausage Casserole…Turkish –Style Beet Salad…Ratatouille….

 

The Monticello Cookbook,   Richmond VA., 1950,
…Christmas Rum Punch, Roquefort Puffs…An Old Family Recipe for “Lightning” Cornbread…Summer Gumbo…Risotto Piedmontese…Crab Flakes au Gratin…Veal Altrocchi…”Sticky Tomatoes”…A Sauce for Fish…Woodford Pudding…Date Roll…Canadian Orange Cake…Mrs. Doremus’ Rum Cakes…Peanut Brittle…Grape Conserve…Yellow Cabbage Pickle….


The Natural Foods Cookbook by Beatrice Trum Hunter, 1961

…Spreads, Crackers, Beverages, Salads, Soups, Vegetables, Muscle Meats, Organ Meats, Sea Food, Fowl and Stuffing, Eggs, Cheese, Nut Entrees, Grains, Sprouts, Breads, Desserts, Cakes, Cookie, Pastries, Confections, Relishes.

 

The New Jersey Club Woman American Home Cook Book, 1948

Appetizers, Spiced Cider…Luncheon and Supper, Spanish Rice…Fish Cakes….Hot Cross Buns…Cardinal Salad…Banana Cup Cakes, Swedish Butter Cookies, Anise Platzchen (Cakes), Foreign Lands. Ruz-Be-Sheria (Rice and Noodles), Dios Torte (Nut Cake) Hungarian, Lasagna Inbuttito, Italian, Zambione, Italian, Orange Sauce.

 

The Spanish Cookbook by Barbara Norman, 1969

Fried Appetizers, Clams, Mussel, Shrimp….Empanadillas, Small stuffed pastries like pies…seafood Paella, rice dish…Loin of pork with onions in white wine…spongecake….

 

The What’s Cooking? Cookbook from Modern Home Products-Antioch, Illinois

…Glazed Spareribs…Baked Apples…Crab Cakes…Tuna Cheese Snacks.

 

Time for Food Cooking Suggestions Sponsored by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Hackensack Hospital, Hackensack NJ, 1952, (handwritten, 386 pages)

Refrescos de Frutas, Fillet of Sole East Indian, Poulet Grandere, Chili Con Carne, Christmas Pie, Angel Pie, French Pie, English Syllabub, Rice Ring, 2 Gal Egg Nog….

 

Treasured Greek Recipes St. George Greek Orthodox Church Piscataway, NJ

1976-1999

Thanksgiving, Christmas Dinner, Easter, Amigthalota to Zucchini

 

Trinity’s Tasty Treats, Teaneck NJ,
Appetizer Tray…pecan halves with cream cheese spread…stalks of celery filled…stuffed olives put together with a cube of “Old English” cheddar cheese…tiny pickled onions…crisp potato chips…Vetkock…Soster Kage….


Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook by Jean Nidetch, 1984

...Coleslaw with Yogurt Dressing…Baked Cod Livornese…Chicken Schnitzel…Veal Chili…Anise Rusks…Open Faced Ham Salad Sandwiches….Quick Franks & Kraut….

 

What’s Cooking at St.Lukes, Montclair NJ,
Tidbits, Crabmeat (Hot)…Cheese Biscuits…Spanish Cream Spread…Fish…Scallop Casserole…Meat…Roman Goulash…Poultry…Baked Chicken Custard…Vegetables and Sauces…Clementines Risotto…Desserts…French Wine Custard…Pumpkin Pudding…Date Nut Roll….


250 Ways to Serve Fresh Vegetables, Associate Editors Culinary Arts Institute, 1952, Artichokes, Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Corn…Dasheen, Egglplant… Fennel, Kale, Kohlrabi…Mushrooms, Peas, Peppers…Pimentos, Radishes, Salskify, Sauces, Spinach, Squash, Swiss Chard…Vegetables Combinations…Vegetable Marrow….Zucchini


378 Recipes From Hunter don’s Kitchens, Compounded of Traditional American Goodness and International Flavor, Quakertown NJ, 1953, Christmas Cooking, French Yule Ham…Christmas Cookies…Parties, Foreign Flavors, Chinese Dinner for Eight… Norwegian Boneless Birds…The Game Bag, Family Fare, Sugar and Spice, Sweets and Desserts…Children’s Sponge Cake…Lemon Marshmallow Cookies…Olive’s Cookies…



 

How I Can Help You Find a Lost Recipe

 

But first, here’s a little story about a 1950 recipe. Years ago while having lunch with my friend she turned to me and said, “Annie made some bread, care to try some?” I nodded “yes” bit into a piece and my eyes filled up with tears. The texture and the taste were like “Rosco”, a sweetbread from Spain my mother made around Easter and Christmas, but I had never jotted down the recipe. That same year, my same friend gave me a copy of. The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook. Inside was the “Christmas Wreath”, a recipe similar to “Rosco”. Now, there were no shortcuts for making well-leavened bread and I so wanted to repeat in my mother’s footsteps, I hand kneaded the dough and placed it inside a bed sheet on the bed, tied the sheet into a knot and let the dough rise. The dough got humongous and was hard to lift, but what a delicious experience!

 

Warm up any buffet table with breads, cakes and pastries like some of the recipes below:

 

What’s Cooking?

Woman’s Jewish Community Center Englewood NJ - 1957

CUBAN BREAD

1 package dried yeast

2 c. warm water

6 to 8 c. flour

1 T. salt

Stir together yeast, salt, sugar and water. Add enough to a

make a sponge. Let rise, covered with a dish-towel, in a

large bowl, in a warm place. (Clear out the cabinet over

the stove. Ideal temperature for dough rising is 80

degrees.) Let rise an hour or more, until the dough is

doubled in bulk. Punch down with the fist. Shape in long,

thins rolls, like French bread. Let rise another forty

minutes. Brush with egg white, using a pastry brush. Bake

for about thirty-five minutes, or until brown, starting in

a cold oven set at 400 degrees.

    Cuban bread is much tastier than ordinary French or

Italian bread. It is so easy to make, yet your friends will

be amazed that you actually made it yourself. Keeps well

for a week.

 

 

Dutch Reformed Church Cook Book

The Ladies’ Aid Society High Bridge NJ – April, 1912

RUSK

(A rusk is a slice of yeast bread that is baked as a loaf then cut into rectangular slabs and

baked again until dry, crisp and golden brown much like Italian biscotti).

 

One cup of butter, two cups milk, one cup yeast sponge, when light beat in three eggs and

two cups sugar, let it raise again, add teaspoon of soda, let it raise again and bake.

 

 

 WHAT TO COOK AND HOW TO COOK IT

Bernardsville National Bank Bernardsville NJ – 1912

 

SCOTCH CAKE

One pound butter

12 ounces sugar

4 eggs

2 pounds flour

Mix sugar and butter together, then add eggs and beat well. Add flour gradually until

used up. Rout ½ inch thick. Bake in small cakes, placing caraway candies on top.

 

 

St. Joseph’s Cook Book …”from all the houses of the Eastern Province, with added

contributions from England, Scotland, the Far West, and the Philippine Islands, Some

Came from mothers, aunts, cousins, neighbors…

 

Raised Dough

 

About 3 cups flour

3/8 cup sugar

1 yeast cake

1 cup milk

1 egg

2 oz. butter (4tb.)

2 tsp. salt

Lemon rind (chopped)

 

Cream butter and sugar together. Stir in eggs. Dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add milk to

batch alternately with flour which has been sifted with salt. Let dough rise till double its

volume, from 3 to 4 hrs. When risen, knock it down, let stand 30 min. longer. If dough is

to be kept overnight it should be allowed to rise about ½ hr; put in refrigerator and cover.

When removed from refrigerator knock it down ad let stand 30 minutes; work until

smooth and shaped into dough, let it rise to twice its volume before baking.

Make Coffee ring: Roll out 3 stands of dough: braid, beginning at center: join ends,

baked 1 hr in oven 450 F and after 5 minutes, reduce to 400F.

 

 

“How I Can Help You Find a Lost Recipe” is written with today’s busy woman in mind. Inside the library, request aFree Search for a lost or a similar type recipe you want or send me your questions @: dstephenson@comcast.net

 

 

New Jersey Libraries of Cookbooks
 
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(Here is an example of a library search I can do for you.)

 

Entertainment Ideas from the African-American Kitchen
    Medearis, Angela Shelf, 1956-

5 copies available at Edison Township Public Library, Edison Branch - North Edison, Old Bridge Public Library-Central, Piscataway Public Library-Johanna Westergard, and Plainfield Public Library.

 

Celebrating America : a cookbook
    Schulz, Phillip Stephen.

2 copies available at Edison Township Public Library and Edison Branch - North Edison.

 

There's no place like home for the holidays
    Martz, Sandra.

1 copy available at Monroe Township Library

 

In the kitchen with Rosie: Oprah's favorite recipes
    Daley, Rosie. Here are fifty favorite recipes created by Rosie Daley,

27 copies available at Jamesburg Public Library, Edison Township Public Library, Edison Branch - Clara Barton, Edison Branch - North Edison, Kenilworth Public Library, Long Branch Public Library, Manville Public Library, Matawan/Aberdeen Public Library, Middlesex Public Library, Milltown Public Library, Monroe Township Library, New Brunswick Public Library, Old Bridge Public Library-Central, Perth Amboy Public Library, Piscataway Public Library-John F. Kennedy, Piscataway Public Library-Johanna Westergard, Plainfield Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Red Bank Public Library, Roselle Public Library, Roselle Park Veterans Memorial Library, Somerville Public Library, South Brunswick Public Library, Spotswood Public

 

America's Christmas Heritage
    Kainen, Ruth Cole.

6 copies available at Manville Public Library, Matawan/Aberdeen Public Library, Middlesex Public Library, Plainfield Public Library, Red Bank Public Library, and Somerville Public Library.

 

 

Better Homes and Gardens Treasury of Christmas Crafts & Foods
    Hutchinson, Rosemary C.

4 copies available at Jamesburg Public Library, Edison Branch - Clara Barton, Edison Branch - North Edison, and Middlesex Public Library