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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with little more than rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. Easily lost, they are irreplaceable treasures.

🦃 This #Thanksgiving, celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/va…

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Cookbook page stained from use featuring a recipe for hot cakes with handwritten ingredient adjustments in pen.
Cookbook page stained from use featuring a recipe for corn bread dressing with crossed-out words, ingredient adjustments, and cooking notes in pen, including instructions to cook onion, broth, and celery together.

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