This "grandmother of all Mennonite cookbooks" brings a touch of Mennonite culture and hospitality to any home that relishes great cooking.
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This 65th anniversary edition adds all new color photography and a brief history while retaining all of the original Recipes and traditional Fraktur drawings.
Parents who received the cookbook when they were first married make sure to purchase it for their own sons and daughters when they wed.
First published in 1950, Mennonite Community Cookbook has become a treasured part of many Family kitchens.
Showalter introduces each chapter with her own nostalgic recollection of cookery in grandma\'s day--the pie shelf in the springhouse, outdoor bake ovens, the summer kitchen.
Original directions like "a dab of cinnamon" or "ten blubs of molasses" have been standardized to help you get the same wonderful individuality and flavor.
Old-fashioned cooking and traditional Mennonite values are woven throughout.
These tantalizing dishes came to this country directly from Dutch, German, Swiss, and Russian kitchens.
Mary Emma Showalter compiled Favorite Recipes from hundreds of Mennonite women across the United States and Canada noted for their excellent cooking into this book of more than 1,100 recipes.
This "grandmother of all Mennonite cookbooks" brings a touch of Mennonite culture and hospitality to any home that relishes great cooking
