Dated from the late 1800s or early 1900s, this sheet includes a recipe for white wash, a house spray, soap and a whipped cream substitute all on the same page.
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JUNEAU - Bring your taste buds and join the Juneau-Douglas City Museum and Cooperative Extension Service for Juneau's Cookbooks as History, a tasty discussion of food-ways, on Saturday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the City Museum.
Dr. Sonja Koukel of the Cooperative Extension Service will facilitate a panel discussion about Juneau's cookbooks and the history found within and in between the lines of recipes. Panelists include will Nancy DeCherney, Mike Race and Barbara Cadiente.
Originally from Haines, DeCherney baked her first cake at the age of six. "It was blue and held together with toothpicks," she said.
Undeterred, DeCherney continued to cook, learning valuable lessons along the way. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, she worked in a variety of capacities for the Fiddlehead restaurant and then as chef at the Governor's Mansion. DeCherney is now the Executive Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council and continues to cook whenever time allows.
A Territorial Alaskan by birth, Mike Race describes himself as "a gastronomic child of mining camps, exploration camps, and fish boats; for whom great men and women have cooked."
Race has worked with chefs in hotels and fraternal organizations, but he maintains that "the lady and gentlemen cooks in Alaska's community carry the best recipes" and noted how willingly these cooks share their recipes not only with friends, but for various fundraisers to benefit the greater Juneau community. Race is past grand president of the International Sourdough Reunion and the Grand Igloo Pioneers of Alaska.
Barbara Cadiente-Nelson is the sixth of nine children born to Andres and Irene Cadiente, who believed "a healthy people is a people well fed." Cadiente-Nelson enjoys sharing memories of her siblings enjoying meals around their table and of her preparing the same recipes at sea for hungry crews aboard her family's fishing vessels.
"There was a special ingredient to every meal prepared for us by our mother and father, a pinch of this and that which continues on by their children and grandchildren," she said.
Cadiente-Nelson will discuss El Mundo Food Almanac, wherein these savory recipes and the legacy of Hollywood/Alaskan Master Chef Andres Cadiente, Sr., are captured.
Museum volunteer Connie Munro assisted in organizing this special Coffee & Collections Series presentation and providing some "samples" of recipes. Coffee for this program is donated by Heritage Coffee Company. The Museum Gift Shop will be featuring various Juneau Cookbooks during the event.
For more information, visit www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum or call the City museum at 586-3572.
