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Definitely Danish

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This is a very cute book.
It's more Danish-American than Danish, though, so if you're looking for a book about Denmark, this is not the one.
That said, it's nice, in its own way. Sweet, charming, full of stories of Midwestern grandmothers and such, as well as stories about Danish-American enclaves in the USA. There are some nice recipes, pretty much all of which are duplicated in the book "Dear Danish Recipes."
I was hoping for more insight into Denmark, but this is really more of a Danish-American immigrant thing. Good for what it is, and there's nothing wrong with that.

The blond girl on the cover is me! I just felt like adding that to the reviews!! I was 8 and I just happened to be up early and dressed in my costume(which my mother made for me). My mom buys them wherever we go. Happy reading!

Definitely Danish: Denmark and Danish Americans reflects the Danish-American experience of the over one-million Americans of Danish descent whose strong influence has helped shape Amereican identity.

Author Julie Jensen McDonald is noted for her novels about Danish immigrants in America as well as for her other Penfield Press titles which include Danish Proverbs and the popular cookbook Delectably Danish: Recipes and Reflections. Information from Julie and other contributors covers this ethnic group's influence on literature, dance, music, business, and various other aspects of society.

Ingred M. Christiansen of Brookline, Massachusetts. contributed articles about Danish Folk Dancing and Danish Folk Arts. Her mother, Marie Elisabeth Valborg Jorgensen at age 91, contributed memories of Christmas celebrations in Denmark in the early 1900s. Ingred is active in Scandinavian-American programs.

The food section includes traditional recipes (with the Danish names) savored by generations, including Racine, Wisconsin's O&H Bakery's famous kringle recipe. Holiday customs include a pattern for the interwoven paper hearts.

Artist Diane Heusinkveld's illustrations cover Danish-American artifacts, sites, events, costumes and people. Among these charming drawings are the Dagmar Cross, the Danish Windmill in Elk Horn, Iowa, "Kristus," Bertal Thorvaldsen's famous statue of Christ, and Gutzon Borglum's "Mount Rushmore" sculpture.

The colorful cover of this book shows two young girls in Danish costume enjoying a festival at Skovsoen, the Danish Village at Concordia Language Villages. The back cover has a picture of the white clapboard Danish Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church that is now part of the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island, Nebraska.

This is a book concerning America's inheritance of the rich traditions, recipes and culture of the Danish people.