I have been away from my blog for a long time now. I still love the blogging community and all of the virtual friends I have made over my 10+ years of blogging. But other pursuits have filled my time and photographing my meals got to be too time consuming. When I have to tell my husband that we have to eat at 4:00 in order to get the best light for the meal, he just shakes his head.
We are also cleaning out accumulated stuff of a lifetime. One of the cabinets in my bookcase has housed my collection of Gourmet Magazines dating back to the late 60’s and 70’s. I have been an avid cook from the time we married in 1966. I have been reading some of these back issues and am amazed at how much information is available in each of them.
The 1989 December issue is a good example. There are tasty recipes for Winter stews for entertaining, 6 different fudge recipes, 3 recipes for Hanukkah latkes, and a yummy praline butter cookie recipe. There is a detailed travel article on Santa Fe, New Mexico and a Christmas in Provence article. But the best article was about the way Dolley Madison entertained in the White House. She was quite a character. Each article was so well written, intelligent, and detailed.
I checked EBay and Amazon for old issues of Gourmet and have decided a fair price to charge is $3.00 each for them with the following breakdown.
The issues will be sold by year. This is what I have.
1966-1, 1967-1, 1968-4, 1969-5, 1970-4, 1971-3, 1972-3, 1973-5, 1974-10, 1978-10, 1979-1. The issues are in pretty good shape for their age, but a few have loose pages. Nothing is missing.
1980-4, 1981-3, 1982-12, 1983-12, 1984-8, 1985-12, 1986-9, 1987-10, 1988 -12, 1989-12 (one issue has loose pages), 1990-12, 1991-6, 1992-6, 1993-11, 1994-3, 1995-12, 1996-11, 1997-12, 1998-9, 1999-12, 2000-7, 2001-5, 2002-1, 2003-5, 2004-4, 2005-8, 2006-12, 2007-4, 2008-6, 2009-6.
Shipping charges will be calculated by the number of magazines you purchase.
E-mail me with any questions, pennyklett@gmail.com.
My best to all. I may be blogging something occasionally.
Hi! Glad to see your post pop up. I use to get that magazine too back in the day. Hope all is well with you and David. Miss you. xoxo
Hi Penny, Do not get online much anymore, but follow what you are up to. Loved your walk on the beach. Miss you too. Guess you did not get up to NC this year.
No we didn’t get to NC this year. Are you heading back to florida this winter?
Yes, we will be in New Smyrna.
Hopefully we can meet up sometime when you are in Florida. Let’s try!
Really good to hear from you Penny and hope you and David are doing well.
We are well Larry. Hope you and Bev are doing well. I would assume so because I visited your blog and the angel biscuits sounded tasty!
Made your Apple Bundt cake with Caramel Frosting for Thanksgiving. Second time making it….so yummy! Have made your Mystery Bars many times .Everyone loves them. Decided I need to spend some time reviewing your recipes. I was born and raised in SC. Visted your area of NC many many times. Moved to Vegas for awhile then to a small town outside of Boise Idaho. Absolutely beautiful & peaceful. Back in SC now enjoying being with family. Who knows where I’ll land, but leaning toward NC. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes
Hello,
I am trying to track down the December 1995 issue of Gourmet and this post came up. I am sorry not to send an email, but the link is broken. Please let me know if you have that one! Thank you, Marilyn
Hi, Do you by chance have the December 1994 issue of Gourmet magazine? Thank you!
Hi Penny!
I’ve lurked on your blog throughout the years and appreciated it very much. I know you don’t post anymore, but are you OK? I was sorry to read about the floods in your area and thought of this lovely blog. I hope you and your loved ones are safe.
Hi Jenny, I just saw your comment. What a time we have had. We are fine but we watched from our deck as the roiling, debris filled water swept away our boathouse and boats. We are in Cary right now with our son and family. Waiting for utilities to be restored. We are one of the lucky ones to still have our home. Thanks for your thoughts.
This Canadian “lurker” has made so many of your precious recipes – onion jam such a fav. Penny, I am relieved to now that you are ok. The photos of your beloved Lake Lure are shocking, and I am heartbroken for you and your community. Take good care.
Thank you Ruth. It does my heart good to know that there people like you out there who support me and this labor of love that is my blog.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, despite all the hardships you are going through right now!
I’m so glad you are OK. It must have been a terrible ordeal to go through, and to see your community & special hangouts/spots disseapear. I’ve read some eyewitness accounts from people who lost loved ones and it was heartbreaking.
I’m from The Netherlands, and it was in the news here too, even your specific area. We are a country that has dealt with floods in the past so we were all thinking & talking about your community. Like I wrote before, when I saw ‘Lake Lure’ I instantly thought of your lovely blog. I’m glad it’s still up, even though you don’t post anymore (which is totally understandable).
I hope everything will become easier for you & your husband as time goes on. You deserve a lot of happiness, and so does your community. I hope that will come again one day, as hard as it may be now. Take care!
Thank you Jenny. That means a lot to me. We are heading back this week. Hope to help with the rebuilding. I may try to update things on my blog.