Extra Special Spritz Cookies From Carol Berry’s Kitchen
Carol Berry of Palatine shares her cherished Christmas cookie recipes including spritz wreaths made with whipped margarine and almond vanilla flavors. She bakes over 2000 cookies yearly after Thanksgiving, involving her daughters Laura Sharon and Robby, while preserving a Greek Christmas cookie with ground almonds and candied cherries and a rich crescent cookie with pecans.
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Carol
Laura
Sharon
Robby
Berry
South Bend
Ind
Palatine
Cub
Omega Nu Tau Sorority
C. Robert Berry
Santa Workshop Night Lets Kids Create Classroom Favors
Mary Kay Marsh suggests a Santa’s Workshop at home room parties where children make simple, inexpensive favors. She lists a dozen easy crafts such as popcorn ball tree ornaments, glittered tree balls, paper bag stockings, surprise candy balls, felt figures, napkin rings, and a Santa chimney centerpiece. The piece also urges inclusive planning with minority mothers to ensure a joyful, respectful event for all children.
Dishes for Chanukah Menu From Chicago ORT Recipe Book
Festive Chanukah items from Greater Chicago Coordinating Council of American ORT include Chicken Livers and Grapes Potato Pancakes and Hot Cinnamon Sauce with fruit desserts. The recipes come from a cookbook by ORT members to support vocational training in Chicagoland.
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Antiochus
Syria
Jerusalem
Temple
Greater Chicago Coordinating Council of American Women’s Ort
Organization For Rehabilitation Through Training
ORT
Chicagoland
Best Food Buys Meat and Produce Prices Weakened
The column lists meat price rises with beef up five cents per pound and pork products up three to eight cents. Poultry and eggs show lower or steady rates with frying chickens at 29 to 39 cents per pound and Grade A eggs about 75 to 79 cents per dozen. It also catalogs BEST PRODUCE buys including vegetables such as broccoli and spinach and fruits like apples and bananas.
Grandma's gown storage tips endure for heirloom keepsakes
In a 1960s style feature, dry cleaning experts praise Grandmother’s method of storing wedding gowns in a dry, dark attic with tissue between folds. They warn moisture causes mildew and recommend sending the gown to a reliable dry cleaner soon after the wedding for hand cleaning and proper packaging.
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Silver Spring
UPI
National Institute of Drycleaners
Institute
Smothered steak with olives or mushrooms and apricot tarte
A vintage cooking guide presents two smothered round steak variants with onions green pepper mushrooms and celery plus a dessert of frozen apricot tarte. It details pounding flouring browning and baking the steak and suggests an olives version with tomato soup and a tart apricot macaroon dessert serving 4 to 6.
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Lois Seiler
Plate Drive
Winston Park
Carol Berry
Crescent
Mary Kay Marsh
The
Maccabees
Charles E. Flynn
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