The Orono Cook Book: To Make the Butterfly

Compiled by the Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Orono, Maine • 1906

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On our second episode, we’re talking about The Orono Cook Book, compiled in 1906 by the Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Orono, Maine. This cookbook is full of fantastic turn of the century advertisements from a wide variety of local businesses, and a few national brands, too. We’ll talk to Anthony Sammarco who literally wrote the book on the history The Baker Chocolate Company -- they’ve got an ad in the book -- and we’ll share the results from the recipes we made, including something called a “Puffet!” Finally, you won’t want to miss our conversation with Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samulson about men’s clothing. What does that have to do with community cookbooks? Make sure to listen!

In this episode we discuss the role that advertising can play in community cookbooks, and how they were an early version of crowdfunding. We also talk about the changing role of women in society in the early 1900s, and discover a number of ground breaking women in Orono in 1906.

Special thanks to our guests Anthony Sammarco and Joan Benoit Samuelson.

For the recipes from today's episode, visit: https://communitycookbook.com/recipes

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This episode is sponsored by the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook.

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Hosts: Margaret Hathaway, Karl Schatz, & Don Lindgren

Produced by Karl Schatz & Margaret Hathaway

Edited by Karl Schatz

Intro music: (You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You) Nellie Dean, performed by the Columbia Quartet