Tia Sara

Tia Sara was my paternal grandfather's (Joaquin Paredes Roman) sister. She had two sisters, Anita and Maria, and two brothers Joaquin (my grandfather) and Isaac. They were born around 1900. Tia Sara lived until she was at least 90. She ended up out-living all her siblings. She left her recipe books to her nephew, Joaquin Paredes Areizaga who later left it to Luis Mario Paredes. Mario was my paternal first cousin and he eventually gave them to me. He had hoped that I would make photographs of each page, transcribe the Spanish and translate into English. This blog is my attempt to fulfill that hope.

Tia Sara is the one on the far left, then Anita and Maria:

Here is a picture of her with her brother Isaac Paredes Roman when she was a bit older:

She saved these recipe books from her sisters and most likely from her mother because some are dated back to 1888. This is a picture of her mother, Trinidad Roman dated 1880.

All of these books are hand written in cursive Spanish. They are faded and not easy to decipher especially for me as a non-native speaker of Spanish. I am hoping my poor transcriptions and translations can be brought to my attention and corrected in time.