The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life [Spiral-bound]

Georgia Varozza (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2010

Just about everyone is fascinated by the Amish—their simple, family-centered lifestyle, colorful quilts, and hearty, homemade meals. Straight from the heart of Amish country, this celebration of hearth and home will delight readers with the pleasures of the family table as they take a peek at the Amish way of life—a life filled with the self-reliance and peace of mind that many of us long for.

Readers will appreciate the scores of tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes such as Scrapple, Graham “Nuts” Cereal, Potato Rivvel Soup, Amish Dressing, and Snitz Pie. At the same time they’ll learn a bit about the Amish, savor interesting tidbits from the “Amish Kitchen Wisdom” sections, find out just how much food it takes to feed the large number of folks attending preaching services, barn raisings, weddings, and work frolics, and much more.

The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook is filled with good, old-fashioned family meal ideas to help bring the simple life home!

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 272 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (March 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736928588
• ISBN-13: 978-0736928588
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I must be the missing what the other reviewers see., September 10, 2010

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Shawn Hedrick (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life (Spiral-bound)

I just ordered 5 cookbooks from Amazon, and this was one of them. I got it mainly hoping for old family type dessert
recipes. It does have a few.

My gripe is that this book does not seem Amish. There are alot of hamburger recipes.Canned pie fillings, etc.

It struck me as a cookbook someone who is'nt Amish threw together. What i was hoping for was old fashioned homestyle recipes. There are some good recipes, but overall I'm just not that impressed with it. Maybe it will grow on me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very highly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections, June 15, 2010

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This review is from: The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life (Spiral-bound)

The Amish community is noted for the simplicity of their family-centered and devout lifestyle. That elegant simplicity clearly extends to their cuisine as evidenced by the recipes assembled in "The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life", a spiral bound 272-page compendium of thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes ranging from Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy; Honey Oatmeal Bread; Mennonite Stew; and Baked Acorn Squash with Hamburger Filling; to Busy Day Ham Casserole; German Meatballs with Sauerkraut; Amish Vanilla Pie; and Crackletop Molasses Cookies. Each recipe is clearly put forth with a complete list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions allowing even the most novice of kitchen cooks to successful prepare and serve this dishes which are as nutritious as they are delicious -- and suitable for any and all dining occasions. "The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life" is a very highly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library cookbook collections.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of recipes perfect for me, April 21, 2011

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Carmen Iris "book groupie" (Little Falls, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook: Plainly Delicious Recipes from the Simple Life (Spiral-bound)

In the last three years I have bought just one cookbook because most are not all that great. (I have a very large collection.) This one I borrowed from the library, but I am buying it. I like to cook with simple ingredients and from scratch so the book works for me. At times, it felt the writer was more Memmonite than Amish but that's fine with me since there are so many similarities. A reviewer gave the book a 3 because of the use of hamburger meat, at least that's what I understood. The Amish and Memmonite families I know actually grind their own meat so I don't understand why that's a problem. If you are looking for gourmet cooking this not the book for you but if you just want good food this book is perfect.