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  • Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole with creamy sauce and walnut topping on decorative blue and white plate
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    Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole, Mrs. W. Gibbs McKenney

    ByKara March 15, 2025April 5, 2026

    I was shocked to realize that Mrs. Florence McKenney’s Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole is the first recipe I’ve made for Old Line Plate from the 1980 “Magician in the Kitchen” cookbook. Produced by the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, the book was one of the early community cookbooks in my now-sizable collection. It has charming illustrations…

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  • Stack of vintage community cookbooks including Magician in the Kitchen and Fit for a King: The Art of Cooking with spiral bindings and illustrated covers
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    Sources: Community Cookbooks

    ByKara April 9, 2015June 28, 2023

    Community cookbooks are a mixed blessing for me. On one hand they’re such a fantastic window into the kitchens of the more middle-class citizens as opposed to the fabulous lifestyles of “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” or “Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen.” Flipping through the pages you can see changing trends, adventurous…

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