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Archive: November 2025 (3 Posts)

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A Sampling of Cookbooks and Recipes: Caldo de Albóndigas (Meatball Soup)

Posted by: Alyson Williams

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a series of blog posts will discuss the efforts of Hispanic Reading Room staff to follow recipes taken from cookbooks in the Library of Congress’ collections. The third recipe is Steve Colyer’s recipe for caldo de albóndigas (meatball soup), taken from Buen Provecho: 500 Years of Hispanic Cuisine, a publication by the New Jersey Chapter of the Hispanic Association of AT&T Employees (HISPA).

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Recent Donation from Finlandia Foundation National Bolsters Library of Congress Collection of Finnish Americana

Posted by: David Morris

This blog post is co-authored by Troy Smith, Nordic Area Reference Librarian; Clinton Drake, Reference Librarian; and Ashley Dickerson, Cataloging and Acquisitions Specialist for Finland and the Baltics. Of the 200,000 Finns who immigrated to the United States between 1890 and 1914, many settled in Michigan, particularly in the state’s Upper Peninsula. It was here, …