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Community Cookbooks
Over the years Napervillians have written many cookbooks, most often created as fundraisers for organizations like schools, churches, service groups, and clubs. Group members would submit their best recipes in categories such as: appetizers, soups, salads, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts.
The archives at Naper Settlement house and care for over 50 of this type of community cookbook.
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Grace-ious Goodness, Grace United Methodist Church, Naperville, 1974
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The Naperville Cook Book, compiled by the Ladies’ Social Circle, First Congregational Church, Naperville, 1897
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Happiness is… Homemade, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Mothers of Preschoolers, Naperville, 1975
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Cooking with “Class”, Maplebrook Elementary School staff, Naperville, 1981
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Recipes made with Love and Care, Edward Hospital Auxiliary, Naperville, 1983
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Naperville Garden Club Cookie Book: Cup O’ Cheer, Naperville Garden Club
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Family Recipe Journal, Saints Peter & Paul Church, Naperville, 1986
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Home Cookin’ is a Family Affair, First Christian Church, Naperville, 1989
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NJWC, Naperville Junior Woman’s Club Cookbook, Naperville, 1993
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Clow Cougar Cuisine, Clow Elementary School PTA, Naperville, 1994
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Watts’ Cooking Now, May Watts Elementary School, Naperville, 1995
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What’s Cookin’ to-Knight?, Naper Elementary School, late 20th century
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Riverwalk Quilters Cookbook, Riverwalk Quilters Guild, Naperville, 1997
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A.D.O.P.T. Cookbook, Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment, Naperville, circa 1990s
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Favorite Recipes from Meadow Glens Cooks, Meadow Glens Elementary School, Naperville, late 20th century