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What is it about New Year’s Resolutions and Food?

Posted on December 29, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” from Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas by Ella Fitzgerald. Released: 2002. (This is a slightly revised version of my post in December of 2015) Admit … Continue reading →

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The Gourmand’s Twelve Days of Christmas (A Christmas Sing-Along!)

Posted on December 16, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

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It’s Almost Here – National Cookbook Month !

Posted on September 30, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Happy Cooking” from Happy Cooking by Eiji Kitamura. Released: 1986 (partial re-posting of September 30, 2018)  For those not in the know, October features many “national” events,  however, my favourite October event is: National … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady with A Snake in the Pants !

Posted on August 8, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Have a Drink On Me” from Lonnie Donegan Classics by Lonnie Donegan. Released: 2013. Now that I have your attention… It is hard to imagine a naked lady having a snake in her … Continue reading →

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What’s Cooking in Kodiak? Avocado Pineapple Mold Salad!

Posted on May 13, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Recipe Hoe Down” from Big Bad Bantam Rooster by Tasha Platt. Released: 2009. I have often found it amusing to pull some of the “community” and “regional” cookbooks from my collection to find … Continue reading →

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Are Cookbooks Sexist?

Posted on February 19, 2019 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC “Stereotypes” from Hyrrs – Festive Hymns Made Feminist by Goldstein. Released: 2017 Sexism is generally described as “prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex“.  Synonyms include chauvinism and bias.  So, … Continue reading →

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The Gourmand’s Twelve Days of Christmas (revisited!)

Posted on December 10, 2018 by vintagecookbookery

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Hamba kakuhle, Mr. Mandela (“Goodbye, go well” in Mr. Mandela’s first language, isiXhosa

Posted on December 7, 2018 by vintagecookbookery

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY Music – “We Salute You Nelson Mandela” from Global Legends by Bappi Lahiri. Released: 2013 This is a re-post from December 6th, 2013 and I publish it again today to honour Mr. Mandela, who left us … Continue reading →

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More Talk about Cookbooks (What else?!)

Posted on November 23, 2018 by vintagecookbookery

Well, give me an opening and I’ll walk right in.  I was recently contacted by Assistant Producer, Andrew Ceco, of the radio talk show “Constant Wonder“, out of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  The subject was (naturally), cookbooks.  Host … Continue reading →

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The Tortures and Trials of Tongue Twisting Translations

Posted on October 16, 2018 by vintagecookbookery

Music – “Fun Words from Foreign Languages” from Little Turtles by Davy Andrews. Released: 2012 CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Some time ago, I wrote about the fascinating experience of attempting to translate several foreign-language cookbooks I have in my collection, … Continue reading →

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