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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Love on a Plate by Nancy Julien Kopp

by Matilda ButlerJune 3, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Love on a Plate by Nancy Julien Kopp

Post #40 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett Kendra and I are pleased to publish Nancy Julien Kopp’s story and recipe that received an honorable mention in our March Memoir Contest — KitchenScraps Category. Congratulations Nancy. Love on a Plate By Nancy Julien Kopp My grandmother moved away from Chicago about […]

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Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

by Matilda ButlerMay 27, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

KitchenScraps: An embarrassing moment handled with aplomb. Want to know the secret? Read Ginger Collins’ story for a tip. Then read on for her hors d’oeuvres recipe that she transforms into the main feature of the next day’s breakfast.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

by Matilda ButlerMay 6, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

Memoir Contest Winner Renee Cassese shares a delightful story about the grace and beauty of the often repeated blintz preparation by her Aunt Mae.

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Memoir Contest Winner, First Place Tie: Southern Ways to Mold a Lady and Fill Out a Skinny Girl by Joellyn Simpson Avery

by Matilda ButlerApril 22, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner, First Place Tie: Southern Ways to Mold a Lady and Fill Out a Skinny Girl by Joellyn Simpson Avery

KitchenScraps Contest Winner, Joellyn Simpson Avery shares a lasting set of childhood memories. She writes, “Every flavorful dish and its preparation carry snippets of DNA—the markers of our food memories, which travel with the recipe and evoke one of the greatest pleasures any creature can experience.” For Joellyn, her memories of food are mixed with memories of an abusive aunt she lived with and the lovingly prepared recipes become a bridge to forgiveness.

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Food Memoir Contest Award Winners – First Place Story and Recipe

by Matilda ButlerApril 7, 2010
Food Memoir Contest Award Winners – First Place Story and Recipe

March Memoir Writing Contest winners announced. In addition to contest winners, including the two tied for first place, you’ll find the treat of the first of these stories, complete with recipe and photos. Hope you’ll be inspired to write your own food memoir vignette and submit it for our April 2010 Memoir Contest.

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KitchenScraps: Poetry Out of Frustration

by Matilda ButlerApril 1, 2010
KitchenScraps: Poetry Out of Frustration

ScrapMoir: We think you’ll get a kick out of Vilma Petterborg’s poem and recipe. If you’ve ever been frustrated in a meeting, we think you’ll empathize.

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KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

by Matilda ButlerMarch 11, 2010
KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

KitchenScraps: Author Linda Joy Myers shares the story of hurt and love that came out of a midwestern family, struggling with abandonment. The vignette turns around her aunt’s favorite lemon meringue pie (recipe included.)

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