More-With-Less Cookbook [Paperback]

Doris Janzen Longacre (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1981

While including no new recipes, this most recent printing includes a new introduction and updated statistics with food costs and nutritional information for today's generations. Longacre has gathered 500 recipes from Mennonite kitchens that tell us how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources. All recipes have been tested by professional home economists. This cookbook is written for those who care about their own health and the food needs of others in the world.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (March 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553139304
• ISBN-13: 978-0553139303
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (158 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,174,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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92 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enduring wisdom and recipes, August 29, 2003

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E. Barron "alphabetjungle" (Wyomissing) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More-With-Less Cookbook (Spiral-bound)

I plan to buy a second copy of this cookbook because my copy of the original edition is stained with 24 years of use. This is where I go for ideas when I have to fix a meal and don't have anything special around to use. This food isn't gourmet, but there are plenty of plain, good recipes. This book has my favorite recipes for cornbread and tortillas, and many, many main dish recipes for basic home cooking.

The spiral binding is a big plus, allowing the book to be laid open flat while I cook. More cookbooks should be bound this way!

Of course the greatest treasure of this book is the wisdom and insight of Doris Longacre, the late author. For the reader who never plans to cook a thing, the insights she shares about life, hospitality, the world's resources and respect for other cultures all make the More-With-Less Cookbook worth buying and reading multiple times.

72 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every kitchen should have this cookbook!, May 12, 1998

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This review is from: More-With-Less Cookbook : Suggestions By Mennonites on How to Eat Better and Consume Less of the World's Limited Food Resources (Spiral-bound)

I'm ordering a new copy of this cookbook from Amazon because the copy I was given as a wedding present 13 years ago has completely fallen apart. This is a cookbook with a difference - it's not just a compilation of recipes, but can change the ways you think about food and cooking. It's been one of the biggest influences on the way I cook - second only, perhaps, to my Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother. Many recipes are written with optional ingredients and/or procedures, and cooks are encouraged to substitute and use what is on hand and most economical for their own situations. Besides the recipes, the book is packed with ideas: ways to use up left-overs; gardening, canning, and freezing suggestions - you name it! This is a cookbook for EVERYONE - vegetarians and meat eaters, city and country folks, singles, couples and families.

62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook, May 29, 2006

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More-With-Less Cookbook : Suggestions By Mennonites on How to Eat Better and Consume Less of the World's Limited Food Resources (Spiral-bound)

This cookbook is exactly what it sounds like- a cookbook about eating more with less. It is not all about eating hamburger but it is about saving money, eating nutritious meals that are cost effective and delicious.

Every recipe calls for normal ingredients that you would typically have on hand in your kitchen. The recipes we have tried have been a hit in my family and have been easy to prepre. The directions are clear and easy to read.

Enjoy. Well worth the money.