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Article: Cooking with grace; Church cookbooks blessed by love of food, sharing
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2005
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If you're craving party potatoes, tuna noodle casserole or seven-
layer salad, chances are you'll find at least one of these classic
comfort recipes in a church cookbook.
Right alongside ham balls, barbecued beef and pink fluff.
Sharing of food has been part of the spiritual experience since
before biblical times.
Although church cookbooks haven't been around nearly that long,
they have evolved into social archives of soul-sustaining food and
ubiquitous fund-raising tools.
The tried-and-true recipes are the same treasures that cooks
contribute to church potlucks and bake sales.
Often a cookbook is created to celebrate a church milestone a
centennial or "golden jubilee." ...