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| Recipes | |
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| Preface | |
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| The 1840s | |
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| Reading, Writing, and Love-Apples | |
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| Grandmother's Fried Tomatoes with Gravy | |
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| The 1850s | |
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| Jemima's Secret Life | |
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| Jemima's Oatcakes | |
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| Jemima's Steak and Kidney Pie | |
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| A Forbidding Formality | |
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| Grandma's Rock Cakes | |
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| The 1860s | |
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| The Lost Stories | |
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| Grandmother Berry's Apple Float | |
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| The Zen Master | |
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| Grandmother's Biscotti | |
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| Never Shall I Forget Her Calm Eyes | |
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| Lenchen's Potato Cakes | |
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| Another Way to Touch | |
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| Grandma's Thousand Island Pickles | |
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| Grandma's Doughnuts | |
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| Seeing | |
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| Nana's English Fruitcake | |
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| The 1870s | |
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| Southern Comfort | |
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| Grandma Emily's Indian Chicken Curry | |
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| From Horse Power to Nuclear Power | |
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| Grammy's Ladyfingers | |
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| Margaret Mitchell and Black-Eyed Peas | |
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| Gran's Blackberry Spice Cake with Burnt Caramel Icing | |
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| Lost Loves | |
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| Grandma Fish's Borscht | |
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| Grandma Fish's Caramel Custard | |
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| Fellow Conspirators | |
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| Gran's Mushroom and Barley Soup | |
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| The Survivors | |
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| Grandma's Mon (Poppy Seed) Cookies | |
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| A "Proper" Tea | |
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| Nana's Kern (Currant) Teacakes | |
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| She Walked in Silence | |
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| Mama Willis's Pecan Pie | |
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| Two Women | |
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| Grandma's Lentil-Spinach-Macaroni Soup (Adas B'Hamod) | |
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| A Shared Sensuality | |
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| MuJu's Yellow Cat (Popover with Bourbon Hard Sauce) | |
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| The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg | |
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| Oma Julchen's Chocolate Mousse | |
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| The Warp and Woof of Our Lives | |
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| Grammy Stuart's Holiday Pudding | |
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| The 1880s | |
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| The Big Heart of Little Grandma | |
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| Little Grandma's Leek Soup | |
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| Little Grandma's Scalloped Potatoes (Gratin Dauphinois) | |
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| Grand Voyager | |
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| Grandma's Applesauce Molasses Drops | |
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| A Quilted Insight | |
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| Gran'ma's Persimmon Pudding | |
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| A Treasure for Picking | |
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| Seese's Sand Quarry Raspberry Jam | |
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| I've Never Stopped Looking Up | |
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| Granny's "Indian Pudding" | |
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| In Holy Silence | |
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| Grandmother Rushmore's Wednesday Casserole | |
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| The Penny Jar | |
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| Lottie's Mincemeat Cookies | |
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| Hearth and Heart | |
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| Nonna Vera's Spinach Frittata | |
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| A Woman in Her Own Right | |
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| Oma's Red Cabbage | |
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| When Grandma Got the Giggles | |
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| Grandma's Pussy Feet | |
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| Grandma's Almond Half-Moon Cookies | |
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| Grandma's Finnish Pancakes | |
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| Forever and Ever | |
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| Grandmother's Pork Tenderloin with Ginger and Soy Sauce | |
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| The Pocket Girl | |
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| Babi's Deep-Fried Lamb Pockets (Tcheburiki) | |
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| A Legacy Found in Letters | |
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| Mary's Bean Soup | |
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| Notes from Underfoot | |
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| Grandma's Frittata with Parsley and Cheese | |
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| Grandma's Baked Haddock with Tomato | |
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| Making Do | |
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| Gramma's Rag-a-Muffins | |
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| The 1890s | |
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| Stretching Exercises | |
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| Grandma Rendler's Apple Strudel | |
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| My Guiding Light | |
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| Grandma's French Pancakes (Crepes) | |
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| Sunset Tales | |
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| Granny's Cinnamon Dough Strips | |
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| The Darkness Behind Her | |
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| Gramma Bella's Sweet and Sour Stuffed Cabbage | |
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| A Very Tall Lady | |
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| Grandma's Hot "Biscuits" | |
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| A Gift of Grace | |
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| Nana's French Fries | |
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| Strong Hands, Warm Heart | |
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| Babci's Babkas | |
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| The Stranger I Loved | |
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| Grandmother Komninos's Green Beans Halki Style (Fresca Fasolia me Lathe) | |
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| Grandmother Komninos's Baked Rice Greek Style (Pilaffe tou Fournou) | |
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| Grandmother Komninos's Baked Meatballs (Keftedes sto Fournou) | |
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| Just the Two of Us, Spirits Together | |
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| Grandma's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake | |
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| A World Opens Up | |
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| Grandmother's Thursday Night Soup | |
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| The Woman Who Loved Ships | |
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| Our Family's Bread Salad (Gaspache) | |
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| A Stitch in Time | |
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| My Grandmother's Rice Pudding | |
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| Poetry in a Pot | |
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| Eva's Honey-Nut Cookie Squares (Teiglach) | |
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| The Gift of Knowledge | |
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| Grammy Quimby's Potato Chip Cookies | |
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| It All Comes Out in the Wash | |
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| Josie's Ham Hock and Bean Soup | |
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| Behind Her Smile | |
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| Emma's Enchiladas | |
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| My Old Sweetie | |
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| Grandma Layton's Violet Jam | |
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| Mourring Valley | |
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| Our Family's Hoecakes | |
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| The 1990s | |
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| The Charleston Dancer | |
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| Granny's Cinnamon Buns | |
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| One More Question | |
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| Gramma's Chicken Soup | |
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| Abbondanza | |
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| Grandma Riello's Spaghetti Sauce | |
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| Turning Bitter into Sweet | |
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| Very-Close-to-Esther's Apple Pie | |
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| Her Hands Always Warm | |
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| Abuelita Concepcion's Chicken Soup | |
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| My Next-Door Neighbor | |
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| Nona's Easter Bread | |
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| Taking Measure | |
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| Grandma McElhattan's Chicken and Noodles | |
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| The Wildness in Her Hair | |
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| Grandma's Vermouth and Chicken | |
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| Grandma's Ham and Wild Rice (Jambon Laure) | |
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| One True Red Rose | |
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| Dot's Beer Bread | |
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| Grandma's Corn Custard | |
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| Blackberry Summers | |
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| Mildred's Wild Blackberry Tarts | |
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| The 1910s | |
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| A Bright Orange House | |
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| Angelita's Flour Tortillas | |
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| Angelita's Refried Beans (Frijoles) | |
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| Triumph of the Spirit | |
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| Grandma Hipple's Cherry Torte | |
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| Among the Leprechauns | |
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| Grandma's Leprechaun Salad | |
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| My Resting Place | |
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| Polly Burg's Corn Fritters | |
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| Polly Burg's Chicken and Dumplings | |
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| Knowing about Your Days | |
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| Grandma's Pork and Knadels | |
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| About the Contributors | |
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| Index | |