Delectably Danish: Recipes and Reflections [Paperback]

Julie Jensen McDonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1982

Highlights of Danish-American culture, including recipes and information about cultural traditions. Reprinted in 2002

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Penfield Press (1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941016048
• ISBN-13: 978-0941016049
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,251,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Regional & International > General
  • #80 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Scandinavian

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes and Reflections, November 19, 2000

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This review is from: Delectably Danish: Recipes and Reflections (Paperback)

This book contains more than 100 recipes-from Racine's famous Danish kringles to the famous open-faced sandwiches. There are great fruit soups and the well-known frikadeller (Danish meat-ball) recipes.

Julie Jensen McDonald is noted for her novels about Danish immigrants in America, published by Iowa State University Press. This is her first cookbook.

The cover of this book shows a young woman in Solvang, California in Danish costume. Solvang is a major tourist attraction in America, first settled by the Danes from Iowa. The back cover depicts two charming children in Danish costumes holding a kringle at the O&H Danish Bakery in Racine, Wisconsin. Racine is America's largest Danish community with over 40,000 people of Danish heritage living there.

Recipes come from fabulous Danish cooks in Iowa, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska, all states with Danish populations. Special coverage is given to Dana College in Blair, Nebraska and to Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa.

The 16 page color section of the book contains photographs of Danish foods, the street scenes and people of Solvang and works by Danish artists such as Christian Petersen at Iowa State University, Ames, and the Mount Rushmore sculpture by Gutzon Borglum.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A highly affordable introduction to Danish culinary culture, filled with easy- to-follow recipes, June 5, 2006

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This review is from: Delectably Danish: Recipes and Reflections (Paperback)

Delectably Danish: Recipes And Reflections is a flat-spined cookbook of uniquely Danish delicacies, from Danish Liver Loaf to Rum Soup, Irene's Danish Kringle, Tivoli Salad and so much more. Black-and-white and color photographs offer a visual peek into Danish culture, and the text gives an ultra-condensed rundown of Danish history and holidays, as well as famous Danes. A highly affordable introduction to Danish culinary culture, filled with easy- to-follow recipes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars more danish american, July 27, 2007

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The book is very informative. But does not seem to have very many authentic Danish dishes. This is more of a Danish American recipe book. If your looking for authentic recipes, this is not the book you want.