More than fifty years in the making, this collection never really comes across as just a cookbook - al-though there are more than 600 recipes stuffed be-tween the covers. Sharing Patty's memories of the family boardinghouse, fresh-baked sugar cookies, ten-der fried chicken, and moist pound cake topped with home canned peaches makes your mouth water long before you reach the recipes.
This volume contains a conversational discussion of food and times: from the days of the Great Depres-sion - when feeding one's family was the primary concern; through the difficult years of World War II - food shortages and rationing; into the easygoing 1950 - when Americans ate in small locally-owned cafes and drugstores on Main Street; up to the present with convenience foods, mixers, freezers and mi-crowave ovens.
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Reviewer Krisn Fry wrote, "The lady's book reads just like she sounds - warm, witty, well-educated and highly entertaining.. picking up a new recipe or two is an added bonus."
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