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1999 - Local historical society history of community plus recipes with first-person memories of daily life and eating before refrigeration and supermarkets, and with woodstoves. Includes biog portraits of women, mostly born in late 1800s, whose…

2007 - Hooked on history of Shelburne Farms with themed Vermont ingredient chapters and history of each (milk, maple, lamb, venison, etc.) Some twists on classic recipes but mostly modern takes with local ingredients.

1902 - St. J. Woman's Literary Club. Raw potato yeast, scratch mayo, pork chowder, graham muffins, hunter's method of cooking fowl (leave feathers on, salt interior, wrap in brown paper and put in ashes for 1 hour, feathers and skin will fall off),…

Four-part series about one family's food cultivation and prepararation in the late 1800s with the Robinsons who lived in Ferrisburgh, where Rokeby Museum now exists. Based on journals, letters and other historical data. Includes details on Merino…

1940 - compiled by women's club and includes ads for dairy/milk. Interesting mix of traditional from-scratch recipes and recipes depending on packaged products . Recipes include Kool-Aid as well as grape juice made from mashed grapes; Spry pie shell…

2000 - Self-published memoir starting in 1890 of author's grandmother on farm in Hydeville with daily farm life and recipes like salt pork with dandelion or cowslip greens (29) and butchering details (107) with recipes for sausage, head cheese,…

1984 - Example of late 20th century community cookbook that shares context for tradtl recipes. Community-style cookbook with recipes and first-person anecdotes e.g. ginger beer/switchel/sumac lemonade for haying (3-5), wild Jerusalem artichoke soup…

1987 - Recipes from fabled Montpelier vegetarian restaurant.

1897 - Springfield. Includes ads for Horsford's baking powder "recommended by physicians" (and specified in some recipes) and a food market promising "Meat of all kinds. We keep constantly on hand Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Ham, Tripe, Sausage,…

The Maple Recipe collection offers a unique glimpse at the variety in maple sugar and maple syrup use over the last half-century, as it is prominently featured in a range of dishes, from the sweet to the savory. The collection includes entrees, side…