This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Gourmet cook and collector preserves culinary history
Beverly Roberts of Pennsylvania Dutch background blew by hobbyist status to become a cookbook collector with about 2000 volumes. She reads each new purchase cover to cover, travels for books, attends rare auctions, and studies American culinary history from Amelia Simmons to Joe Tilden. She bakes, journals entertaining menus, and shares two standout recipes, CHICKEN TERRINE and MRS. McGEE'S DERBY PIE, reflecting a lifelong passion for cooking and table setting.
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Beverly Roberts
Mrs. Roberts
Fort Gordon