Addy's Cook Book: A Peek at Dining in the Past With Meals You Can Cook Today (American Girls Pastimes Collection) [Paperback]

Jodi Evert (Author), Rebecca Sample Bernstein (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: American Girls Pastimes Collection

Young cooks can learn about cooking in the Civil War era. Through words and pictures, with recipes and instructions, they will learn to make Addy's favorite foods.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8?This slender, 18-recipe theme cookbook is historically accurate, thoroughly researched, and well documented. Evert ties the information and recipes to events in the "Addy" books (Pleasant), which revolve around a girl who, with her mother, escaped from slavery. Breakfast dishes include grits, pork sausage and gravy, buttermilk biscuits (made with lard), fried apples, and scrambled eggs. Recipes are well illustrated with full-color drawings and photographs and methods are clearly described. Dinners are heavy on bacon and fried foods. Addy's favorites, such as chicken shortcake, collard greens, cornbread, potato salad, lemonade, peach cobbler, pound cake, and shortbread are included. Every page includes a factoid from the time period, augmented by archival black-and-white photographs. Descriptions of an Emancipation Celebration and a Juneteenth Party appear at the end of the book, along with suggested games, foods, table settings, clothing, decorations, and music. This is in no way a heart-healthy offering, but it is a faithful description of dishes of the late 1800s and a wonderful asset to historical cooking sections.?Carole B. Kirkpatrick, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: Pleasant Co; 1st edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562471236
• ISBN-13: 978-1562471231
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best!, October 5, 1999

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This review is from: Addy's Cook Book: A Peek at Dining in the Past With Meals You Can Cook Today (American Girls Collection Series) (Hardcover)

I love this cookbook! I've tried almost all the recipies and they are all really good! Especially the shortbread wich I have made more times than I can even remember. I love to bake and cook, and this book is one of my favrite books to cook from, thanks Jodi Evert! Keep up the good work!

5.0 out of 5 stars "Education Meets Fun and Flavor", January 15, 2012

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This review is from: Addy's Cook Book: A Peek at Dining in the Past With Meals You Can Cook Today (American Girls Pastimes Collection) (Paperback)

This was purchased as a gift to a young girl who loves to cook, read, and learn about African American History. This one single gift met all of these criteria and more. She learned about this phase of African American history, to cook the wonderful recipes of that time period that were offered within the book, and reading the stories were of interest and informative. Great product on so many levels; certainly made me look good!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addy's Kitchen, November 3, 2009

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William L. Cunningham "BC" (Louisville KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Addy's Cook Book: A Peek at Dining in the Past With Meals You Can Cook Today (American Girls Pastimes Collection) (Paperback)

Addy's Kitchen is a wonderful look at the American Girls Past times. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will enjoy sharing it with my neice.