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New villagers cookbook features photos, recipes with Miami flavor BY ROBERT HAMILTON The Villagers Inc., established in 1966 and one of Dade County’s oldest historic preservation organizations, has unveiled its newest project, a cookbook titled Cook It Like A Native! The book will be available at the Holiday Open House at the Merrick House in Coral Gables on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2-5 p.m. This cookbook, which retails for $22, will make a great present for any celebration. Cook It Like A Native! will tempt your tastebuds and features beautiful color photography, taken by awardwinning photographer Robin Hill, of the historic sites the Villagers have helped to restore or preserve through grant funding. Some new restorations included are Pinecrest Gardens entrance cottage to the (former) Parrot Jungle and the Mini Train located at Virginia Beach on Key Biscayne. The book includes more than 200 recipes contributed by Villagers members who come from every section of Miami-Dade County. The recipes
Pictured (l-r) are Villagers Cookbook Committee chairs Kendra Brennan, Lisa Chaffin and Kathleen Slesnick Kauffman.
include appetizers, salads, breads, pastas, entrees and desserts. All the proceeds for sales of the cookbook will go towards the organization’s mission for restoration of Dade County’s historic sites and scholarships to students who are entering the field of historic preservation. The Cookbook Committee chairs —
Kathleen Slesnick Kauffman of South Miami, Kendra Brennan of Coconut Grove, and Lisa Chaffin of Pinecrest — and committee members have worked diligently to create this Miami heirloom cookbook as a keepsake of the “Past for the Future.” For more information, send email to <info@thevillagers.org>.
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