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A greenish beverage garnished with mint, sits on a table next to a vase of flowers
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  • Juli McLoone
Recipe of the Month: Canada Dry Mint Julep (1926)
Popular culture depictions of the “roaring twenties” often focus on speakeasies and illicit cocktail consumption. However, as prohibition (1920-1933) pushed alcoholic beverages into shadowy corners, soft drinks took center stage in cookbooks for home cooks and party hostesses. This month’s recipe comes from Add-a-Leaf Hostess Book (1926) by Betty Beldon, in collaboration with Ida Bailey Allen.
A loaf of bread on a plate.
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
January Recipe of the Month: Golden Loaf of South Carolina
This month's recipe is "the Golden Loaf of South Carolina" from Sarah Tyson Rorer's 1899 _Bread and Bread-making: How to Make Many Varieties Easily and with the Best Results_ Rorer was involved in the Cooking School Movement, which advocated for standard measures and exact directions in recipes. While the recipe below is not as explicit as what a 21st century cookbook reader is used to, it goes into considerable detail compared to the average late-19th c. bread “receipt”
Opening lines of an 18th century poem about cider
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  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
October Recipe of the Month: Cider Cake
October is the month for apples, and for apple cider. This month's recipe is for a cider cake, a popular pastry found in many of our 19th century cookbooks.