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Dutch Touches: Recipes & Traditions

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Dutch Touches expands Penfield's original edition, Delightfully Dutch, to include articles by Marvin Hiemstra about growing up Dutch in Pella, Iowa, and his essay on how to visit the Netherlands. Writer Heimstra was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry.

Among other new touches is writer Margaret Kleis of Holland, Michigan, an immigrant after World War II. She tells of her family in Holland, and their participation in the underground sheltering Jewish refugees and downed American pilots.

Favorite articles by Carol Van Klompenburg who authored the original book, Delightfully Dutch and Dutch Treats, are included.

All recipes from both original books are found in Dutch Touches.

Cover photographs in full color show tulips at the Scholte gardens in Pella, Iowa, on the front cover, and the dancers of Holland, Michigan, on the back cover.

This is not a thick book but more like a paperback booklet. I really liked it because the recipes are the real dutch recipes I remember as a child, yes, I am 100% dutch! They are easy to follow and this is also a great gift for someone is dutch. Have bought several as gifts and everyone has loved them.

It's a marvelous combination of 2 earlier books. The Termite price was reasonable; other prices for the same book were outrageou. The book in excellent shape arrived just after Christmas.