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Article: WGBH's `Brass Sisters,' Pot Shop's Zarrilli savor old-fashioned cooking.(Food)
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- The Boston Herald
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- February 27, 2008
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Byline: KERRY J. BYRNE
Everything old is indeed new again.
Just ask the Brass sisters of Cambridge. Sheila is 70. Marilynn is 66. But they're as chatty as teenagers and the stars of the new WGBH program, "Brass Sisters: Queens of Comfort Food." The pilot debuted earlier this month and airs again in March.
The premise is simple: Sheila and Marilynn (thebrasssisters.com) share recipes culled from their collection of 6,500 cookbooks, mostly out-of-print family heirlooms filled with handwritten recipes, prayers, poems, cleaning tips - even the random love letter.
"Nothing's new," said Marilynn. "New recipes you see in restaurants today ...