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Cookbooks That Built America And Why We Still Love Them Today!
From Monasteries to The Joy of Cooking and Martha Stewart: Why We’re Obsessed with Collecting and Keeping Them
How many cookbooks do you own?
And here’s the real question… do you actually cook from them?
In this episode of Family Tree Food & Stories, Nancy May and Sylvia Lovely trace and share the fascinating history, evolution, and survival of cookbooks in America. You’ll learn why these books have survived wars, depressions, church basements, and even now, the internet.
Cookbooks didn’t begin as cozy kitchen companions. The earliest versions weren’t even written for home cooks — they were…
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