The text version of each week's Food section is available online for seven days. To view the most recent edition, go to the Food & Drink section in the Print Edition.

Locating older recipes and food features

Let our in-house research staff search our archives for you and provide a text copy of recipes for $10 each. Call The Stacks recipe line to make a request. 404-526-2610. Payment in advance is required.

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Search the Stacks online archive yourself. Food features and recipes dating back to 1985 are included in the archive. See below for information on how to search for these items. There is no charge to search; pay only to view the full-text of articles. Various subscriptions to the archive are available, starting at $5.95.

Using the Stacks

Here is the best method for searching the Stacks archive for recipes and food features:

1. Go to the search screen at stacks.ajc.com

2. In the "Search terms" box, type the name of the recipe your seek. If you do not know the name, type some of the ingredients from the recipe. If there is an unusual ingredient, or an unusual food preparation technique, be sure to include it in the key words. This can narrow your search results.

3. If you know the recipe appeared as part of a regular column like "From the menu of" or "7-day menu planner," type the name of the column in the "Headline" box. Otherwise, you can leave this box blank.

4. If you have a general idea of the date the recipe was published, you can use the "Date options" to further limit your search.

5. Click on the "Search" button.

6. In your results list, you will receive the headlines and first few sentences from the articles that contain the words you have typed in the search terms box and meet your other search criteria. Please note that the name of the recipe or the ingredients from the recipe may not appear in those first sentences.

7. When you click on a headline to see the full text, you will be prompted to enter a method of payment.

A couple of notes about recipes and The Stacks archive

• Not all recipes that appear in the newspaper are contained in the archive. Recipes from wire service articles are not included, and many other articles not written by AJC staff also are not included.

• Anything with the headline "Recipe Index" will not contain actual recipes. The "Recipe Index" lists the names of the recipes that ran in a particular Food section. Therefore, it may be helpful in determining when a recipe was published.

Submitting to the Food Goddess column

The Food Goddess column appears in the Food section weekly and responds to readers' requests for answers to specific food-related questions, recipes from local restaurants and reprints of recipes. Submit requests to the Food Goddess, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Food Department, 72 Marietta St. NW., Atlanta, GA 30303 or to foodgoddess@ajc.com. Because of volume, it is not possible to respond to all inquiries.

Submitting requests to "From the menu of..."

"From the menu of..." is a feature in the Food section that obtains and adapts restaurant recipes for the home kitchen. Submit requests by mail to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Food Department, 72 Marietta St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30303, or to menu@ajc.com or fax requests to 404-526-5509. Because of volume, it is not possible to respond to all inquiries.

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