Pie season

Pies,Pies, everywhere!!

Pie making season is upon us.  We have just been through the unofficial start of summer where I'm sure you may have had a pie at your picnic.  So if you are planning on making some pies for Independence day, family picnics, reunions or other fun festive gatherings here are some wonderful pie crust recipes to get you started.  The hardest part of the pie is the crust so good luck, enjoy, and remember that pies freeze very well when left unbaked.

Scranton Public Library Commercials from 2005

From 1999-2008 the library hosted a community access TV station called Scranton Today so we decided to make library commercials using in-house talent and equipment. This video, part of the History of the Scranton Public Library collection, collects commercials from 2005 including blooper reels. If you look closely you can catch a glimpse of an ancient artifact; the library's web site as it was in the mid 2000s.

Thomson Consumer Electronics Company Cookbook

I love muffins,  They are so yummy and if you add in cream cheese, they can also be very moist.  I'm on a healthy eating plan right now and lots of food look good to me; but I love muffins! Yum.  So the Thomson Consumer Electronics cookbook stood out to me. Who doesn't like peanut butter and jelly and then make it a muffin.  Marvelous. Add to that the other two recipes on this page and I'm set for life! I'll have to bring some in for my staff and see if this recipe is a winner.

Community Cookbooks Collection in the Scranton Times

Our Community and Church Cookbooks collection was recently featured in an article in The Scranton Times. Read and find out what Martina Soden and others have to say about the project.

Holiday Dishes from Victory Vittles from the Villa

Here are some recipes from the Victory Vittles cookbook that you may want to consider for holiday cooking. These are old classic recipes.

Community and Church Cookbooks project on TV!!

We were on TV!! The cookbook project got the interest of Don Jacobs at Pennsylvania Outdoor Life which airs on WNEP TV 16.  Check this link to the video for more information about the collection.
POL Cookbook Online

Community and Church Cookbooks from Northeastern PA

A new collection is now live in the Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives. The Community and Church Cookbooks from Northeastern Pa is a collection of cookbooks from different organizations in the Lackawanna Valley.  This showcases the histories of men and women who supplied recipes to these places they belonged to.  These books also show the diverse cultural and ethnic populations of these areas in recipes.  Have fun cooking and baking!