Found one of grandma's cookbooks

I have been going through more boxes trying to get order from the many items inherited from my parents. I had already found my paternal grandmother’s recipe box, but I just found one of her cookbooks.

The book was entitled, “Heritage Cookbook,” from Baldwin, Illinois. I bet some of you may have this treasure in ones of your cookbook shelves.

It is full of recipes from the local women of Baldwin. As you open the book, the stated purpose of the book is to “take you through the kitchen doors of the hundreds of ladies who live or have lived in the Baldwin area sometime during the last hundred years.” The book was published in 1976 so it is probably due for an update!

I am looking forward to making these recipes especially knowing my grandmother touched and used this book in her kitchen. This is just another example of how I can honor my family and remember them in my kitchen.