Category: Recipe

PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 1 – Homemade Halloween Candy, 1913 (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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Welcome to a new feature for Fall – a bonus series in addition to regular episodes, a jump backward in cooking and cultural history. Since October, November, and December all contain holidays celebrated with food, I will be digging into newspaper archives and giving you recipes from early- to mid-20th century newspapers every week, or … Read More “PODCAST Seasonal Bonus 1 – Homemade Halloween Candy, 1913 (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 29: The Family Cookbook – Gingerbread Waffles

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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It’s Autumn, but who needs Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING when you can join me and our Midwest Food Correspondent, Rick Leonard of An American Genealogy for an old family recipe – Gingerbread Waffles. And because they’re homemade, YOU control the spice! We talk a bit about the value of food in the Progressive movement of the … Read More “PODCAST Episode 29: The Family Cookbook – Gingerbread Waffles” »

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PODCAST Episode 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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Family ties, a slight genealogical mystery, a discussion of privilege, 19th and 20th-century classism in Midwestern America, and the value of comfort food all converge in this week’s episode of The Family Cookbook. And, we welcome our new Food Correspondent, Rick Leonard of An American Genealogy! Rick shares with us the backstory of a family … Read More “PODCAST Episode 26: The Family Cookbook – Emily’s Casserole” »

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PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
Family Cookbook, Family Lore, History, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Research

Did you know that family recipes have their own genealogy? I thought I was skimming yet another back-of-the-magazine recipe in a special family cookbook when I Googled Johnny Mazetti, and then one of its key ingredients, Sauce Arturo. It wasn’t as simple as I thought. And it made me wonder: did my grandmother pick this … Read More “PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?” »

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PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
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For our inaugural episode of the folkloric and gastronomic aspects of family history, I’m presenting a staple recipe from my family’s cookbook. It entered my family with my mother’s mother’s stepmother, and every generation that has made it has put a unique twist on it since. Ethel “Itey” Garrard Drahos Hinzie, who brought it into … Read More “PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread” »

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