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In today's newsletter, I share some Christmas dessert recipes you'll enjoy making for your holiday table. I also published a new video to give you a detailed inside look at my bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.
I also have some sad family news.
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you that my wonderful mother, Gloria, returned to her eternal home last weekend, just shy of her 99th birthday. My mom was the most loving and kind woman I have ever known in my life, and I was honored to have her as my mother. She was the best mom in the whole wide world!
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My mom was born in 1925 in New York and lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II. These two major life events left an indelible mark on my mom who grew up to master, as she often referred to them, the gentle arts of domesticity. My mom was a stellar homemaker who knew how to cook, clean, sew, iron, garden, and more! Nothing went to waste, and she was a master at making a meal from scraps. I was blessed to learn all these skills from my mom who was always so patient.
On New Year's Eve in 1954, my mom attended a neighborhood party where she met my dad, James. He was immediately smitten with my mom's beautiful, long black hair and sparkling blue eyes. They were engaged by March 1955 and had a June wedding later that year. My parents were blessed to have celebrated 61 years of marriage before my dad was called home to Heaven in 2016.
My mom and dad relocated to Texas in 1986, moving from New York. They were thrilled to embark on this exciting adventure and found they loved Texas and enjoyed living here.
My husband Ted, son Ben, and I were with my mom when she took her last breath, but she was completely at peace and ready to return to her eternal home. We now have an angel watching over us from Heaven.
We will miss my mom so much. Her beautiful smile, seeing her laugh at the funny jokes that Ted and Ben would tell her, watching her enjoy her "fancy coffee" on Sunday mornings after Mass, and hearing her sweet voice telling us that we were the best family in the whole wide world and that she loved us with all her heart. We are grateful now that she can rest in peace in the loving arms of Jesus, and we look forward to when we will all be reunited with her in Heaven.
❤️I love you, Mom, and I will miss you so much, but I know you are at peace now and watching over me, Ted, and Ben. We will love you forever, and we will all be united again one day. Rest in peace.❤️
Love and God Bless,
Mary
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Christmas Dessert Recipes
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My mom loved making tasty desserts, especially during holiday time. In my Christmas recipes collection, I showed you the Italian Ricotta Cookies she enjoyed. You'll also enjoy making this gingerbread cake and citron from Buddha's hand to use in other holiday-baked goodies.
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A Look Inside The Modern Pioneer Cookbook
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If you haven't had the opportunity to visit your local bookstore to flip through my book, I'll take you on a virtual chapter-by-chapter tour of The Modern Pioneer Cookbook.
In this new video, you'll see why you'll want to add this essential cookbook to your kitchen bookshelf or give it as a gift to family and friends!
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If you've already ordered my book, thank you! And if you can leave me a book review where you bought your book or on GoodReads, that would help tremendously. Booksellers will use your five-star reviews to recommend my cookbook to others, which will help them learn about traditional foods and techniques for their home kitchens. Thanks so much!
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Subscribe to Mary's Nest YouTube Channel
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If you haven't already done so, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel—and click the notification bell so you'll learn about new videos. This way, you won't miss a thing!
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And have you visited my Mary's Nest YouTube Community? I frequently share pictures of the recipes and projects that I'm working on. You can share your comments too, so come join me in our YouTube Community.
Thanks so much for being a subscriber and viewer! 😊
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Promotion Codes and Discounts
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Discount Codes: Check out the latest discount codes on my shopping guide page for up to 15% off products from Farmhouse Teas and more for Mary's Nest viewers.
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You'll also find discount codes from Survival Garden Seeds, GreenStalk, Masontops, Farmhouse Teas, US Wellness Meats, Northwest Wild Foods, Redmond Real Salt, Cultures for Health, Lehman's, and more. So find the products and services you need for your Traditional Foods Kitchen and save money at the same time.
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Download Your Free eBooks
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As a Mary's Nest newsletter subscriber, you have access to free eBooks to help you learn more about traditional foods, create warm and cozy meals, and stock your kitchen pantry.
If you haven't already done so, be sure to download the following eBooks and add them to your traditional foods library.
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum
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The Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum is a comprehensive set of lesson plans to teach traditional foods recipes and kitchen skills to students in grades K-12. You can use this curriculum in conjunction with the recipes and text in my bestselling book, The Modern Pioneer Cookbook. This curriculum resource is over 250 pages, and you can download it for free.
Latest Curriculum News: Many of the K-4 lesson plans have optional activities, which include recommended reading. One of the books recommended is The Little Red Hen. I remember reading it growing up, and you may too. It's an ideal book to instill the lessons of hard work and personal initiative. As you can guess, it's also the perfect companion for the baking lesson plans!
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Join the Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy
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If you're looking for more in-depth videos about traditional foods, I encourage you to join my Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy on YouTube. (We call members of my academy Kitchen Pioneers.) In addition to my public videos, I also publish member-only videos for my wonderful Kitchen Pioneers. 😊
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If you've not had a chance to join our Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy, please consider doing so.
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In the following members-only video, I talk about how to make homemade dog food for a chicken allergy.
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The Traditional Foods Kitchen Academy membership community is optional. But don't worry if you can't join the community right now. I'm still publishing detailed instructional cooking and conversational videos on my public YouTube channel that you can watch for free, including my Why Do I Love Being a Wife and Mother video. (Thanks so much for being a Sweet Friend and subscriber!)
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