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Local Roots Menu Preview Evening Dining

April 14, 2014
Be one of the first guests to try the brand-new spring Eagle Tavern menu.

Local Roots Spring Evening Dining

May 2, 2014
Come see how the French have influenced Michigan’s cuisine.
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Featured Recipe
Larkin Housewives’ Cookbook, 1915
The Larkin Company operated a booming mail order business that sold soap, packaged foods and other household products to millions of American housewives. This cookbook is filled with prize-winning recipes submitted by Larkin customers to the company’s recipe contests.

We found 30 recipes:
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 1796 (1971 reprint edition)
Pot Roast   
Macy’s Cook Book and Kitchen Guide for the Busy Woman, 1932
Pottie Py   
Jean Brown’s Paistry Book, 1724
The Busy Woman’s Cook Book, 1951
Buckeye Cookery, 1890
What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking, 1881 (facsimile)
We found 30 recipes:

Appetizers & Snacks (5)
Beverages (6)
Biscuits & Breads (19)
Breakfast (2)
Desserts (48)
Fish (9)
Meat (30)
Pasta (3)
Poultry (9)
Salads (7)
Sandwiches (8)
Side Dishes (12)
Soups (10)
Spices & Dressings (4)
Vegetables (23)

1700's (2)
1800-1849 (3)
1850-1899 (3)
1900-1910 (1)
1910-1920 (2)
1920-1930 (2)
1930-1940 (4)
1940-1950 (2)
1950-1960 (1)
1960-1970 (3)
1970-1980 (1)
1980-1990 (1)
1990-2000 (1)

Applesauce Cake
Chicken Salad
Tavern Biscuits
Friday Night Sandwich
Diet Loaf
Pottie Py
Mulligatawny Soup
Peanut Butter Griddle Cakes
Cream of Anything Soup
Salmagundi