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A Taste of the Past:
Historic Recipes and the Stories They Tell

presented by Valerie J. Frey

Saturday, 10 January 2026, 2 p.m.
Athens-Clarke Co. Library, Multipurpose Room A

Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but they also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. Come learn about yesteryear’s cooks and taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S.A. through historic foodways.

Archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey will lead an exploration of recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye. Both of her books will be available for purchase after the program.

Sponsored by the Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society and the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room