Virginia Cookery: Past and Present – Women’s Auxiliary of Olivet Episcopal Church (1957, 11th Edition) Hand-Painted where layered textures and collected

where layered textures and collected objects create a sense of warmth and history

Historical Note

one dressed in a white and red polka-dot clown suit and the other is "toothless" and dressed in blue plaid

and museum archives

This one-of-a-kind candle holder is handcrafted from six vintage aluminum JELL-O molds mounted to a piece of repurposed wood

Virginia Cookery: Past and Present – Women’s Auxiliary of Olivet Episcopal Church (1957, 11th Edition) Hand-Painted where layered textures and collectedSouthern Living Hall of Fame Winner A historic Virginia community cookbook spanning 300+ years of culinary tradition. Virginia Cookery: Past and Present, compiled by the Womens Auxiliary of Olivet Episcopal Church in Franconia, Virginia, is one of the most historically significant community cookbooks ever produced. First published in 1957, this 11th edition (1993) continues the books legacy as both a culinary collection and a cultural document,