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Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010 5:49 am
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Shannon Bouldin, Kirby McNabb and Melanie Shipp from the Oaklands Association show off a new, limited-edition cookbook on the steps of the historic house.
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Oaklands Historic House Association’s second cookbook may soon become a collectors’ item just like the original cookbook published in 1976.
Oaklands Association celebrated its 50th anniversary with the release of its newest cookbook, “Dining With Oaklands,” in late October.
Already more than half of the limited edition cookbook has been sold as copies of the 318-page volume featuring 700 recipes were snapped up for Christmas and holiday gifts.
The 50th anniversary cookbook combines both the new and the historic.
Recipes were solicited from Oakland patrons and fans with a committee of association members vetting the recipes before inclusion.
Fittingly playing tribute to the rich past of Oaklands Mansion and the association’s 50-year effort to maintain it, the cookbook includes recipes by founding members and longtime contributors and mansion photos to capture the beauty and attention to detail of the restorative efforts of the mansion.
“With the 50th anniversary of the association, it seemed like a good time,” Kirby McNabb, then president of Oaklands board of trustees, said prior to the book’s publication.
Oaklands’ first cookbook came out more than 30 years ago and is now almost impossible to find for purchase, he said.
The new cookbook makes a “good Valentine’s Day gift, or for Mother’s Day or a new bride,” Mary Beth Nevills, education director at Oaklands, noted.
Favorites from the 1976 cookbook and recipes from the founders of the Oaklands Association are featured in their own section of the cookbook. These recipes range from eggnog and datenut cake to chocolate sauce and chicken cutlets.
Recipes are included from such famous persons as the wife of former Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper and Jean Faircloth MacArthur, wife of Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
But the vast majority of the cookbook is new recipes, McNabb said.
Sections include founders, appetizers and beverages, brunch, soups/salads, entrees, vegetables/side dishes, breads/rolls, desserts and other favorites.
The preface of the new Oaklands cookbook includes a brief history on the Oaklands Association and the history of the families who have owned the house. Each section features interior photos of the historic house.
The book is $25 plus tax and available only in the Oaklands gift shop on Maney Avenue.
For additional information, contact Oaklands at 615-893-0022 or info@oaklandsmuseum.org.
Oaklands was originally built around 1818 on the property of Dr. James Maney and his wife, Sallie Hardy Murfree. Sallie inherited the property from her father, Lt. Col. Hardy Murfree, for whom Murfreesboro is named.
As the Maney family prospered, the original two-room, brick house was expanded and transformed to the spacious Italianate mansion of a 1500-acre plantation and one of the most elegant homes in Middle Tennessee.
Oaklands Historic House Museum, located at 900 N. Maney Ave. in Murfreesboro, is a nationally registered historic landmark that reflects a time of prosperity in the Old South, as well as the hardships suffered during the Civil War. |
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