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Article: FIRST COURSE; Book became melting pot for potluck recipes
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2008
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When a potluck turns up on your social calendar, where do you
turn for a recipe?
Chances are, it's not the "Silver Palate Cookbook" or "Best of
Gourmet." More likely, a well-worn, spiral-bound community cookbook
is pulled from the shelf.
That's what makes a new book from Trails Books in Madison --
"Potluck!" -- such a perfect little collection.
All of its 200-plus "dish-to-pass" recipes hail from community
cookbooks produced in Wisconsin in the last couple of years. Dishes
such as Bewitching Chili, Second Helping Salad and Aunt Carol's
Lemon Zucchini Cookies were culled from collections prepared by
churches, schools, a curling club, a singing group.
Author Toni Brandeis Streckert pored over ...