{"id":599,"date":"2010-12-30T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/12\/family-food-and-recipe-traditions-for-new-years-eve.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:14:06","slug":"family-food-and-recipe-traditions-for-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/12\/family-food-and-recipe-traditions-for-new-years-eve.html","title":{"rendered":"Family Food and Recipe Traditions for New Years Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>Our family tradition during the week between Christmas and New Year&#8217;s Eve is to pull out the old cookbooks &#8211; not the commercial ones, like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crockers-Picture-Cookbook-Crocker-Editors\/dp\/0028627717?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sevenoaks06-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Betty Crocker Cook Book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=sevenoaks06-20&amp;l=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969&amp;o=1&amp;a=0028627717\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (which I love), but the old binders stuffed with handwritten recipes from our mothers and grandmothers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next week, we&#8217;ll make:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My mom&#8217;s Thumbprint cookie recipe<\/li>\n<li>My French Onion soup recipe (link to the recipe, below)<\/li>\n<li>My husband&#8217;s great-grandmother&#8217;s original ravioli recipe, which is an all day affair, including making the pasta dough from scratch<\/li>\n<li>One weird Italian dessert recipe from his grandma&#8217;s hand written recipe. 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