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  • March 25, 2026VintageDishandDell

    The Dish: A vintage coconut bunny cake with fluffy frosting and a pretty pastel swirl surprise inside. The Tell: While gathering stories for my cookbook…

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If your heart goes pitter pitter for vintage handw If your heart goes pitter pitter for vintage handwritten and typed recipe cards, I will  have a supply for sale this Friday @duluthjunkhunt! There are some great recipes in this pile!!šŸ’•
Thanks to all who have come out to one of my book Thanks to all who have come out to one of my book events so far! Here is a list of where I will be next including some fun stops in my neighborhood in the week ahead AND Junk Hunt in Duluth on Friday. šŸ¤—

You can find more details on these events on my website: www.vintagedishandtell.com
One week from today, I will be in my happy place a One week from today, I will be in my happy place at @duluthjunkhunt at the @deccduluth!!

I will be there (one day only!) on Friday (booth #35) with copies of ā€œDish and Tell: Recipes from the Heartā€ (that I will be happy to sign) AND a limited supply of these beautiful hand-painted recipe boxes with the sweetest matching recipe cards that also happen to match the design of my cookbook!! Such a fun gift idea for Mother’s Day, weddings, wedding showers or to treat yourself! šŸ’•Hope to see you there!!😘
True ā€œrecipes from the heart!ā€ šŸ’• My mom has kept True ā€œrecipes from the heart!ā€ šŸ’•

My mom has kept this vintage vessel on her counter for decades. It contains the go-to recipes that she has made over and over through the years. Even though she doesn’t cook or bake anymore, it still sits on her counter and is such a sweet reminder of all the love she poured into everything she made for our family.🄰
 
There’s something about seeing her handwriting and the handwriting of other ā€œkeerpersā€™ā€ in our family—little notes, smudges, and all—that is just so special! I also love to see all the magazine clippings affixed to index cards with her added notes! :)
 
Where do you keep your most cherished recipes? A box, a binder, tucked into a drawer…or saved somewhere digital?
Yesterday I had the chance to ā€œDish & Tellā€ with a Yesterday I had the chance to ā€œDish & Tellā€ with a very special guest, my six-year-old neighbor.šŸ’•
 
We talked about her favorite foods (marshmallows are at the top!), her most important food memories (all six years of them!), and baked a few desserts together, including a shortbread recipe she shared with me from a darling children’s book (The Hidden Book of Gnomes) that was quite possibly the best I’ve ever had.
 
She also taught me a few things! At one point, she asked if I had any coconut oil and then proceeded to show me how she uses it to keep her hands from getting chapped. And that you can eat it and you can’t do that with lotion now can you?! Brilliant!šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
 
A reminder that to ā€œDish & Tellā€ means to  share stories, recipes, and everyday wisdom, no matter your age and no matter who is sitting across the table.ā¤ļø
Is sandwich loaf ready for a comeback? (The answer Is sandwich loaf ready for a comeback? (The answer is YES!!)
 
Tune in TODAY (4/11) at 8:30 a.m. on @fox9 (and stations nationwide) to catch my segment all about it on @tastebudswithstephanie or watch it on @youtube!
 
This was such a treat to have Stephanie over to my house to talk about my passion for this iconic dish. It’s actually one of my most cherished recipes from my cookbook, ā€œDish and Tell: Recipes from the Heart,ā€ and for good reason.
 
A staple at baby and wedding showers when I was growing up (up north), it’s a truly drop-dead gorgeous way to serve finger or ribbon sandwiches, with layers of chicken, ham, tuna, or egg salad, pimento cheese… or whatever your little sandwich-loving heart desires!
 
They’re so fun to make: building each layer, ā€œfrostingā€ it all with cream cheese, and decorating the exterior with whimsical designs using fresh veggies. 
 
I hope you enjoy watching the segment as much as we enjoyed filming it! Let me know what you think—and tell me: did you grow up with sandwich loaf too? Would you make one today?
Are you counting down the days to rhubarb season?šŸ¤— Are you counting down the days to rhubarb season?šŸ¤—
 
Seeing my mom’s rhubarb meringue dessert in the Spring issue of @edible_minnesota has me eagerly awaiting the arrival of rhubarb!! This is one of THREE rhubarb recipes in my cookbook, ā€œDish and Tell: Recipes from the Heart,ā€ out now……the others are for a refreshing rhubarb slush and to-die-for rhubarb pie bars!
 
This old-fashioned dessert has a buttery crust, a rhubarb custard filling, and is topped with meringue. It is one that would show up on Sundays in the early days of summer when we’d visit my grandparents, and the main course was dessert.
 
šŸ“øRachael White of @setthetablephotography
I met a kindred spirit on Instagram… and now I’m o I met a kindred spirit on Instagram… and now I’m on her podcast.🄳
 
DEE-lighted to be interviewed for the podcast ā€œFuneral Potatoes and Wool Mittensā€ with my friend Staci, who also writes the blog @randomsweets.
 
I met Staci on Instagram and quickly realized that we are cut from the same cloth! We share a deep love for family recipes, retro kitchenware, community cookbooks, and any excuse to talk about our grandmas’ kitchens.šŸ’•
 
She even contributed a couple of special recipes to my cookbook—her mother-in-law’s dill pickle pasta salad and her grandmother Janet’s white cookies—which makes this conversation feel even more full circle.
 
Talking with her is always such a treat. Pour a cup of coffee and join us as we’re talk about recipes from the heart, memories, and the people who made them matter!
 
Find the ā€œFuneral Potatoes and Wool Mittensā€ anywhere you listen to podcasts—it’s in Season 4, Episode 5. 
 
Recipes, links, and photos: https://randomsweets.com/dish-tell-recipes-from-the-heart-with-sarah-peterson/
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