Eastern Iowa Farmer Fall 2020
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County<br />
cookbooks<br />
shape local kitchens<br />
Sandy Sander poses with a local<br />
cookbook that was produced<br />
by the North Bend Community<br />
Center.<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photos /<br />
Trevis Mayfield<br />
The season<br />
of quarantine has<br />
had only a few<br />
bright spots, but<br />
more kitchen time<br />
is one of them<br />
BY jenna stevens<br />
eastern iowa farmer<br />
If there is one good thing that has come<br />
out of quarantine it is the chance to get<br />
reacquainted with our kitchens. This past<br />
season has seen an upswing in the number<br />
of people cooking at home, evident<br />
by the dwindling supplies on grocery store<br />
shelves.<br />
Time in the kitchen also means time to<br />
browse through the stacks of cookbooks many<br />
people acquire but tend to discard in favor of<br />
quick cook meals.<br />
It is no secret that <strong>Iowa</strong> folks are great cooks.<br />
In fact, <strong>Iowa</strong> State University boasts a cookbook<br />
collection of over 3,000 volumes from<br />
across the state. This project originated in the<br />
1990s when a substantial donation was made to<br />
the University and has continued to grow with<br />
the help of online cataloguing. The collection<br />
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