Category Archives: Bosnia

Conflict and Cookbooks: 1916 – 2016

Posted on August 3, 2016 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Concentration Camp” from Crime and Punishment (Documentary News Beds) by Stefano Torossi, Federico Arezzini. Released: 2015. Many of the cookbooks published around 1916 and familiar to many housewives, reflected the times: WWI.  Cookbooks … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Commingling in the Kitchen

Posted on January 27, 2016 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “The Leftovers” from Homemade Fun by Keith Munslow. Released: 2009. (PS:  Don’t take this song too seriously!) In Forensic Anthropology, there is a term “commingling”, which is a mixture of the skeletal remains … Continue reading →

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Pick & Pit a Peck of Plums for Plum BBQ Sauce !

Posted on August 7, 2015 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy” from Regina’s Small World by Regina Music Box. Released: 1988 In recent weeks, in my small “orchard” at my new residence, I was inundated by a plethora … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Sexes – In Cookbooks

Posted on August 22, 2014 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Morris: French Chef Theme – Arr. Richard Hayman” from Evening at Pops by Arthur Fiedler “Men are better – on the job, in the bedroom, and in the kitchen. All males are endowed … Continue reading →

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What is Comfort Food ?

Posted on September 15, 2013 by vintagecookbookery

Music – “Comfort Food” from “Coming Home”, Stephanie Jackson CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Some people define ‘Comfort Food’ as foods that remind them of home, of their childhood, of good, warm, fuzzy feelings. Do people who had a rotten home … Continue reading →

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Cooking without Water in Bosnia, 1996

Posted on August 31, 2013 by vintagecookbookery

Music – National Anthem Bosnia and Herzegovina (Narodna Himna) Kpm National Anthems CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY During the summer and fall of 1996, I had the privilege of working for a human rights organization, under the auspices of the United … Continue reading →

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