Photograph of Meredith Abarca, scanned for the Texas Folklore Society. Abarca is standing in a kitchen, looking at the camera and smiling. She is holding an object on top of a cutting board. Slices of tomato topped with cheese can be seen on a plate in the bottom portion of the photograph. To the left of the plate, basil leaves are resting on top of whole tomatoes.

Photograph of Meredith Abarca, scanned for the Texas Folklore Society. Abarca is standing in a kitchen, looking at the camera and smiling. She is motioning to a plate of sliced tomatoes topped with cheese. Three dogs can be seen in the bottom right corner of the photograph, looking up at Abarca.

Photograph of Jean Schnitz, scanned for the Texas Folklore Society. She is sitting in a chair in the kitchen, holding three cookbooks: (top-bottom) "Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book," "Our Lady of Refuge Cookbook," and, "Nueces County...Cookbook." Schnitz is looking up at the camera and smiling slightly. A shelf full of books can be seen next to her on the right side of the photograph, beneath the kitchen counter.