The Family Tree Cookbook
Dear Children, Grandchildren, and Grandchildren Yet to Come,
With a feeling of love and joy for you, we embarked on this year-long endeavor of gathering recipes from relatives throughout the United States and compiling them in this Family Tree Cookbook. We did this so you may have a record of the rich heritage you own and what better way than through the home and kitchen.
And so, dear children and children of our children, we dedicate this book to you. Accept this our venture and enjoy a legacy of delightful recipes, a gift of love spanning generations.
With great affection,
Calligraphy, editing and illustrations by Sandra Arends Preville. Editing and original typing by Zanita Younger Arends. First printed December 1983.
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Chapters
The first three chapters are here. The rest follow as pages are scanned and typed.
The family tree
Two families made this book. Zanita Younger married Sandy's brother, Edward "Pat" Arends, in the 1950s, which made the two compilers sisters-in-law. The book traces each of them back through both parents, so there are four branches.
Everyone with recipes so far
Contributors from the chapters on this site. Some are "extended family", in the book's words: parents and relatives of the in-laws, who are not on the charts.