Rationale As my daughter was disappointed in the two previous dishes, I tried to re-engage her interest in my project at the start of the summer. I let her choose a sweet recipe to make for her grandparents to eat during the break in her busy day of dance and piano recitals in May. She…
In the fall of 2022, I began planning this project, writing my application for Concordia’s Centennial Scholars Individual Research Program Grant, and trying out a few recipes. I made my mother’s caramel cookies recipe for a holiday party, as I remembered them very fondly. They tasted great, but something didn’t work out for me because…
An Introduction During summer 2023, I am cooking my way through The Joy of Sharing: Oak Valley A.L.C.W. Centennial Cookbook, published in 1985 by the Oak Valley American Lutheran Church Women in Velva, North Dakota. Now a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or the ELCA, Oak Valley Lutheran Church is the church…
First, a description of the structure and content of the The Joy of Sharing: Publishing Details The copyright page states that the cookbook has been “published and printed by Cookbooks by Morris Press” based in Kearney, Nebraska. This publisher remains an ongoing concern: https://www.morriscookbooks.com/, and the banner on its website proudly proclaims its status as…