1 comments about Deliciously Easy Main Dish With Herbs (Ranck, Dawn J. Deliciously Easy-- With Herbs.).

1. I grow some fresh herbs and like to find new ways to use them in my cooking. This is a good receipe book and I've made several meals using it. It's a good buy.

3 comments about Amish Life Through a Child's Eyes.

1. Alma Hershberger has written a personal story about her families struggle to survive in a Iowan Amish community in the 1950s. Her father was hospitalized after an accident. Her mother and eight siblings struggled against climate, and prejudices. The book reminded me that families and children are the same no matter what they wear or their lifestyles. A wonderful insite into the Amish.



2. This is a darker version of "Little House on the Prairie" in which the author's father suffers a head injury when she is only four years old. He becomes increasingly disoriented and eventually has to be institutionalized. Alma Hershberger's mother is left with eight children to raise on her own.
   
   Alma's Amish family had moved to Iowa during World War II, about a year before her father was injured by a falling horse. When Alma's maternal uncle acquired control of her family's finances, he skimped on every penny, refusing to let his sister buy even the smallest treats for her children such as a watermelon or a box of Jell-o. He finally agreed to let Alma get a new pair of shoes, when it was called to his attention that she was attending church meetings barefoot in the midst of an Iowa winter.
   
   Uncle Judas is definitely the villain of this book and Alma's mother is the heroine. The first year after her husband was hospitalized, "the Amish community helped Mom and the boys farm. After the first year, it began to be old hat and help came more and more seldom." Mom took Alma's oldest brother, William out of fourth grade to help with the farm, and the family continued on its own. The only supplies that Uncle Judas would buy for them from `outside' were flour, sugar, yeast, Karo syrup, baking powder, soda, salt, oatmeal, and cornmeal. Everything else they ate came from their farm.
   
   Alma's recollections of her childhood are a fascinating look backward at what it must have been like for Iowa's nineteenth century pioneers to begin to farm the harsh Midwestern landscape, since the Amish never quite moved into the twentieth century with the rest of us.
   
   Part of Alma's family, including the author herself, left the Amish life when she was fourteen. Although this book doesn't extend that far, I would love to know why Alma left the old faith behind to start a new life.



3. This is a darker version of "Little House on the Prairie" in which the author's father suffers a head injury when she is only four years old. He becomes increasingly disoriented and eventually has to be institutionalized. Alma Hershberger's mother is left with eight children to raise on her own.
   
   Alma's Amish family had moved to Iowa during World War II, about a year before her father was injured by a falling horse. When Alma's maternal uncle acquired control of her family's finances, he skimped on every penny, refusing to let his sister buy even the smallest treats for her children such as a watermelon or a box of Jell-o. He finally agreed to let Alma get a new pair of shoes, when it was called to his attention that she was attending church meetings barefoot in the midst of an Iowa winter.
   
   Uncle Judas is definitely the villain of this book and Alma's mother is the heroine. The first year after her husband was hospitalized, "the Amish community helped Mom and the boys farm. After the first year, it began to be old hat and help came more and more seldom." Mom took Alma's oldest brother, William out of fourth grade to help with the farm, and the family continued on its own. The only supplies that Uncle Judas would buy for them from `outside' were flour, sugar, yeast, Karo syrup, baking powder, soda, salt, oatmeal, and cornmeal. Everything else they ate came from their farm.
   
   Alma's recollections of her childhood are a fascinating look backward at what it must have been like for Iowa's nineteenth century pioneers to begin to farm the harsh Midwestern landscape, since the Amish never quite moved into the twentieth century with the rest of us.
   
   Part of Alma's family, including the author herself, left the Amish life when she was fourteen. Although this book doesn't extend that far, I would love to know why Alma left the old faith behind to start a new life.

No comments about Main Dishes: Recipe Sampler from the Amish-Country Cookbook Series.

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1 comments about Mennonite Recipes From The Shenandoah Valley.

1. The Shenandoah Valley has been home to Mennonites and Amish whose culinary skills and traditions have pleased palates and satisfied hungry appetites for many generations. Phyllis Good is the curator of The People's Place Quilt Museum and the author of "The Best of Amish Cooking" and "The Festival Cookbook", as well as the co-author of four other cookbooks drawing from Amish and Mennonite culinary traditions. Kate Good co-authored "Amish Cooking For Kids" along with her sister, Rebecca, and her mother, Phyllis. Together, mother and daughter have collaborated to once again showcase recipes from the Shenandoah Valley region, with Kate researching and writing the profiles of the Shenandoah Valley Towns associated with the recipes in this culinary compendium. Featuring color photography and a spiral binding allowing Mennonite Recipes From The Shenandoah Valley to lay flat upon the kitchen counter, the recipes range from Blueberry Oat Muffins, to German Potato Salad, to Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole, to Dutch Meat Loaf, to Old-Fashioned Egg Custard, to Golden Carrot Cake. If you only have time enough for one new cookbook for your kitchen, make it Mennonite Recipes From The Shenandoah Valley!

2 comments about Quick Home-Cooked Meals : Letting Your Microwave Work for You (In 30 Minutes or Less).

1. This book was wonderful. With my wife and I working full-time,trying to raise a 2 year old, cooking is tough. Now I am able to make wonderful meals in half the time and half the mess!



2. Great microwave recipes! I was amazed with what I could do...

1 comments about Amish Cooking For Kids.

1. This neat cook book for kids is filled with interesting recipes All were delicious! I would recommend this book to teachers and parents. A great way to inspire youngsters and pass along a love of cooking!

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1 comments about Miriam's Cookbook (Bender, Carrie, Miriam's Journal.).

1. Carrie Bender, an Amish housewife, is such an excellent writer of fiction. So, I decided to try her cookbook. Every recipe that I've tried so far has been excellent! Our favorites include the meat loaf and sugar cookie recipes. In fact, I have shared a few of her recipes with friends.

   Sprinkled throughout her cookbook are nicely done sketches and excerpts of her books.

   A nice feature of the book itself is the spirial binding, which allows it to lay flat on the counter.