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Article: RE-CREATING RECIPES FROM HISTORY . . .
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2006
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CAMBRIDGE Marilynn and Sheila Brass are in their element. They are
sitting at Marilynn`s dining room table, shuffling through hundreds
of pieces of paper, handling them with the familiar touch of an old
friend. One old scrap, held together with nails, dates to the 18th
century French and Indian War (before staples or paper clips). Bits
and pieces of paper fall away from the edges of others, adding a
dusting of debris to the work table.
What the sisters are looking for among all these handwritten pages
are recipes. One might be written on the back of a theater party
invitation, or in the margins of a wartime love letter. All inspired
the women to write "Heirloom Baking With the Brass ...