Lewiston Band Booster Club Cook Book

Compiled by the Lewiston Band Booster Club

Lewiston, Maine • 1955

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On our third episode, we’re talking about the Lewiston Band Booster Club Cook Book, compiled in 1955 by members of the Band Booster Club of Lewiston, Maine. This cookbook has some really cool features -- all the recipes, artwork, and even the ads were all done by hand, and we know by whose hand as well! We talk to Kobe Cohen, who was a senior at Lewiston High School in 1955, played saxophone in the band, and was the chairman of the student advertising committee for the cookbook. And for today’s recipe segment, Karl boiled a tongue.

In this episode we also discuss recipe attribution, and how the name on a dish, and how it’s listed, can reveal a lot about a community. We also talk about overlapping communities, and how recipes can travel between them. In the recipe segment, Margaret made the “Upsy-Daisy” Peach Cake contributed to the cookbook by Mrs. Peter Barbalias, and Karl made Marion Cohen’s Tongue with Raisin Sauce. Don made Yellow Pea Soup Canadian Style and something called Crabmeat Ping Chow, which sent him down a fascinating rabbit hole that led him to Bruce Lee.

Special thanks to our guest Kobe Cohen!

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 and Outro music: Vini Vidi Vici, by R. B. Hall, performed by the United States Air Force Band