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New Recipes from Quilt Country: More Food & Folkways from the Amish & Mennonites

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I discovered this book over a year ago, at the public library. I read through it, and after I returned it I would find myself thinking: "I wonder about <insert recipe here>", and either my wife or I would have to go back to the library to check the book back out!
When I realized I was getting the book almost monthly, AND it stayed at the local branch because that's where I last returned it, I realized it was time to buy it!

With that little story, the rest of this review is simple: This is an excellent cook book. This is not a 'healthy' cookbook. There's no focus on lean, loosing weight, or heart-happy cooking here! This is good, rich, smother-it-in-gravy country cooking.

If you know the Amish, and you have visions of the men coming in at dusk from working the fields all day to a kitchen table stacked with fresh, home-cooked *American* food, this is your cookbook. It simply doesn't get better than this.

This is a gorgeous coffee-table book that probably won't spendmuch time there because it should be kept handy in the kitchen, orwherever your cookbook collection is! I read the book from cover to cover the first night because so many of the recipes sounded soooooo good. And easy, too. Anyone who has spent any time at all in a kitchen should find these understandable and easy to prepare. And for those who might not be as adept, there are plenty of instructions to make it that way. You'll be inspired to cook more and more! I can't believe it, but Marcia Adams topped the original Cooking from Quilt Country with this sequel. The only thing I don't understand is how the Amish and Mennonites are allowed to eat some of the dishes. The Chocolate Fudge Pie is positively decadent!

This book is awesome. Not only does it have wonderful recipes, especially desserts, which the Amish are famous for, but also has so much wonderful info. on the Amish people and their culture. I own several books about the Amish, and this is better than those other books even though this is a "cookbook." And the pictures are marvelous. Other than general info. on the Amish, my favorite part of this book is the fact that she divides the food into many different chapters and has a little story about each. An example is Baking Day, Lady Food, and the lunch bucket, as well as many other. This has info scattered throughout it about gardening by the signs of the moon, how to bake perfect cookies, and how to bake an angel food cake. I would highly recommend it.

This is not only a great cookbook, but also provides an insiders look at the interesting life of the Amish and Mennonites. The pictures are beautiful, and make one long for the simple life they live. I have all of Ms. Adam's cookbooks, and cherish them like old friends!

I cannot remember the last time I went through a cookbook and listed dozens of recipes I want to try. This kind of homey cooking is so appealing. The photos are superlative. We are planning a trip to northern Indiana as a result of reading this book. The resources in the back of the book for places to eat, stay, and see will be most helpful.

This is one great cookbook with not only the most delecious receipes it has many beautiful pictures of the Amish communities too. Each of the different divisions of this cookbook start with a wonderful discription if Amish life that makes you feel like you are right there. I grew up in Indiana so I know what great cooks the Amish are! Even if you are one that just likes to read cookbooks, You'll love this one!

For cooks who like to read the background of their recipes as well as the interesting history of the Amish and Mennonite communities, this is an excellent title. The recipes are clearly written and easy to follow. My family has enjoyed many of those that we have made. I found that Adams' insight to the these groups made my appreciation of the Amish and Mennonites as well as their work ethic and cooking skills even greater. Excellent gift for the cook on everyone's gift list.

A wonderful glimpse of the Amish life including some of the their cooking recipes. We tried several and our family was exceedingly pleased.

Originally from the heartland of Amish Country in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I found this cookbook outstanding. It bring's back many memories as a kid with it's recipes. I live in the sunshine state now and sometime's miss the great food I was raised with. To have found this book and have been able to make the recipes for my family has been great! I hope Marcia Adam's plan's on writing more like this one.

I have all of Marcia Adams' Amish cookbooks - the recipes are very clear as well as delicious, and her sketches of Amish life are extraordinary. This cookbook is the best of the lot. The stereotypes of "Witness" are not here - these women are real, and they deal with the trials of everyday life (children, housekeeping, cooking, husbands, etc.) just as the rest of us do. The pictures that accompany the text are as good as the recipes, and the recipes are wonderful (try the Perfect Pie Pastry on p. 270 - absolutely foolproof). This is as wonderful a book as it is a cookbook - read and enjoy!