This original Home Gardener’s Cookbook (1974), walks through a whole year of recipes from January through December, there are recipes listed for meals, desserts, food preserving and more! Here is an original recipe for Rhubarb Cobbler. There are more seasonal favorites including Cherry Pie, Peach Pie, and Pumpkin Tarts.
Their second book, Home Gardener’s Month-By-Month Cookbook (1974), walks through a calendar year of recipes with each month highlighting a featured seasonal ingredient from the garden. The author is Marjorie Page Blanchard, who served as food editor of Country Journal Magazine and other cookbooks like Home Gardener’s Cookbook (1974). There are recipes listed for meals, desserts, drinks, and more! Here is an original recipe for pumpkin bread and pumpkin custard. There are more seasonal favorites including March’s maple bourbon cake, May’s rhubarb cobbler and rhubarb strawberry pie, and July’s sour cherry pie and sour cherry cake.
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