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Mennonite Cookbook Features Local Woman Recipes
Miss Katie Butt of this borough contributes several recipes to the Mennonite Community Cookbook edited by Mary Emma Showalter and illustrated by Naomi Nissley. The volume, published by John C. Winston Company, includes six thousand signed recipes from Mennonite cooks in twenty six states and three Canadian provinces. Featured recipes include Lady Baltimore Cake Burnt Sugar Cake and Butter Cream Frosting with detailed directions and ingredients.
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Katie Butt
Miss Showalter
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
University of Tennessee
Mary Emma Showalter
Eastern Mennonite College
Harrisonburg
John C. Winston Company
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Miss Rutt