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Laura M.
July 7, 2015
I grew up with 2 cookbooks. The Better Homes and Garden cookbook and Historic Cookery by Fabiola C. Gilbert, a small slim booklet first published in 1914 by New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now NMSU). It was my bible for southern New Mexican cooking with just 35 pages of recipes from Albondigas to Verdolagas (Purslane--a weed most people pull up and throw away). I used my mother's copy until I went to college and purchased my own (1979). It's now a mess but it has my mother's notes and recipes copied into it and despite all the modern Southwest or New Mexican cookbooks out it is still my go-to guide.
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