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Monday, December 8, 2014

Secretary of State Matt Dunlap to Cook Vintage Recipe from Maine State Archives Cookbook

A taste of Maine's culinary past will be showcased this Friday as Secretary of State Matt Dunlap prepares fish balls, a vintage recipe from the Maine State Archives.

The fish balls recipe is just one of dozens found in the four historic promotional cookbooks stored at the archives: "99 Potato Recipes," (1938) "Maine Sea Foods: A Sampler," (1939) "121 Tested Recipes Made with Famous State of Maine Canned Foods" (1941) and "The State of Maine's Best Seafood Recipes," (1945). All feature a variety of recipes, historical accounts, photographs and drawings.

Dunlap, who has more than 20 years of experience in the food service industry, will create this Maine delicacy on Friday, Dec. 12 at 11:30 a.m. at the R.M. Flagg Maine Kitchen Cooking School demonstration kitchen, 1212 State St., Bangor. Before entering the world of state government, Dunlap worked as the lead cook for the University of Maine and in restaurants in Bangor and Bar Harbor.

The cookbooks were originally developed by the Maine Economic Development Commission and the