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Home Cooking was published in 1988 (that’s nearly 30 years ago now) and there’s hardly a moment in reading when its age shows

So think of some of these recipes as throwbacks

you'll like it

So I kept this book for that selfish purpose

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Summer Food by Judith Olney related-ruth-whitman-a-life-in-recipes-edited-by-sarah-whitman-salkin-and-leah-whitman-salkin Home Cooking was published inThe subtitle to Summer Food is "A unique collection of recipes for warm summer days and nights." And this book is just that. Originally published in 1978, it's almost shocking how contemporary these recipes feel. And that's because Judith Olney knew what was up, and dutifully reported the food of southern France, which is still so much what we all want to eat today. The best way to describe the recipes in this book is to imagine an ideal picnic, like