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A bout of inspiration

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Using the internet to find recipes is wonderful, yes? Well for some reason I recently decided that reading recipes on the internet, while great and convenient, was not enough for me. I wanted a more personalized experience for my recipe-reading. And I was hit with inspiration on how I wanted to do it in a very (for me) unexpected place: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania , a.k.a HSP, a.k.a. my own darn workplace. I recently had the delight of looking through Martha Washington's cookbook while helping out at HSP’s Young Friends open house in December. I was blown away by the intricacy of this little book, and fascinated at the simple beauty in writing down recipes that are important to you. So, I tried it out myself. Behold: The first page of Briana Giasullo’s Cookbook. Pictured recipe:  Date Night Rigatoni with Sausage and Kale  from Pinch of Yum Don’t mind the writos and messy design, please. This was all done rather quickly and on a whim, remember. But it was fun! And while I