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 # 🍽️ Vintage American Recipes Dataset (1940–1999)
 
-A curated collection of vintage American recipes extracted from church cookbooks, bulletins, and magazines spanning 1940 to 1999. Each recipe is cleaned, structured in JSON, and includes fields such as title, ingredients, instructions, and category.
+This curated dataset features a selection of vintage American recipes extracted from unpublished church cookbooks, bulletins, and local magazines spanning 1940 to 1999. Each recipe is cleaned and structured in JSON format, including fields such as title, ingredients, instructions, category, and year.
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+Over the years, I’ve been collecting a large archive of 10,000+ pre-internet recipes from cookbooks, newspapers, churches, schools, and community contributors. This dataset represents the first public release, showcasing a small but meaningful portion of this collection.
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+If you're interested in machine learning, historical analysis, or culinary projects and would like access to the full dataset, feel free to reach out!
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 ## 📦 Dataset Structure