Thanks everyone for entering the Mystery Giveaway. The winner (chosen by random.org) is:
Pricilla
Please contact me for your prize at redpinemountain at gmail.com
Thank you again to those who entered and I’ll have more giveaways in the future.
Thanks everyone for all your wonderful comments. They were the highlight of my week.
At the moment, we are being buffeted by cold weather and winds; typical Northeast Kingdom winter weather. Mountain Man is busy designing my new barn for the Ozarks and I’ll have more on that later but today is time for a commercial break and a mystery giveaway.
After using and loving their products, I decided to become a consultant for Scentsy which makes beautiful warmers for delightfully scented fragrance bars. You can visit my site by clicking HERE.
Scentsy has strict rules about what consultants are allowed to do on their blogs so make sure you sign up for my newsletter by clicking HERE. I can do online fundraisers for your organizations, online parties or fill individual orders. I hope you’ll consider shopping with me or perhaps you’d be interesting in joining my team.
I’m hosting a mystery blog giveaway so if you’d like to be entered, just leave a note in the comment sections. The mystery giveaway will close on January 21st at which time the winner announced.
Thanks again for dropping by Red Pine Mountain and have a fabulous weekend.
The holiday season is upon us. A time to reflect on the year past, to give thanks for our blessings and most of all to celebrate cherished family traditions.
We all have special memories of being in the kitchen with our family and we have treasured recipes that remind us of those who we have dearly loved. And aren’t cookbooks that celebrate family memories the best kind of cookbook? Recipes made by loving hands? That’s what I have to share with you today; a very special cookbook.
As many of you know, Mountain Man and I consider Ozark County, Missouri our adopted home. I subscribe to the paper and try to keep up with the happenings in the community so when I saw The Ozark County Genealogical and Historical Society had published a cookbook as a fundraiser, I purchased a copy. And when I received my cookbook, I discovered this was no ordinary cookbook but instead a testament of love to family. I asked the editor for permission to share some of it with you and he kindly allowed me. I know you’ll love it also.
The book is called “Apron Strings: Recipes and Recollections.”
To quote from the introduction, “We asked folks to share not only a recipe but also a memory relating to cooking, special meals or food preparation…and as one of our contributors noted, the secret ingredient of love was the most prized seasoning used by Ozarks mothers and grandmothers as they cooked nutritious, satisfying food for their families, using just what they could grow or raise or trade eggs or cream for at the local general store…”
Each page contains a family recipe, photos and a cherished memory of a loved one.
Here’s just one example:
And another.
Page after page of beautiful memories, photographs and recipes always made with love. I have to tell you I was tearing up as I went through the pages.
The best news is I have two cookbooks to give away. If you’d like to be entered into the drawing, please leave a comment below sharing one of your memories of cooking with your family. The winners will be announced on November 21st.
As we move into the holiday season, let’s remember it’s the people in our lives, the memories we create for our children and our grandchildren and the traditions we pass on with love that are truly important.
“Apron Strings: Recipes and Recollections” can also be purchased for $15.00 + 3.00 shipping. Copies can be purchased from OCGHS, PO Box 4, Gainesville, MO 65655. What a great gift this cookbook would make and all proceeds benefit the Ozark Genealogical and Historical Society.
All recipes and images on this page are copyright protected. No reproduction permitted without express permission.
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