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The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories Paperback – September 7, 1989

by Barbara M Walker (Author), Garth Williams (Illustrator)

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Part of: Little House Nonfiction (13 books)

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This award-winning cookbook features more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles in her classic Little House books. A great gift for Little House fans and anyone who wants more information about what life on the prairie was really like.

With this cookbook, you can learn how to make classic frontier dishes like corn dodgers, mincemeat pie, cracklings, and pulled molasses candy. The book also includes excerpts from the Little House books, fascinating and thoroughly researched historical context, and details about the cooking methods that pioneers like Ma Ingalls used, as well as illustrations by beloved artist Garth Williams.

This is a chance to dive into the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer, women's club member, and farm homesteader.

This book has been widely praised and is the winner of the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The Horn Book praised it as "a culinary and literary feast."

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Over 100 authentic recipes of pioneer food from the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's series are included in this book. All ages.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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“More than a cookbook, this social history is an extension of the Wilder books done with the same spirit of care and love.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

“A culinary and literary feast.” — The Horn Book

From the Back Cover

More than 100 recipes introduce the foods and cooking of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s pioneer childhood, chronicled in her classic Little House books.

Notable Children’s Books of 1979 (ALA)
Best Books of 1979 (SLJ)
Notable 1979 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Children's Books of 1979 (Library of Congress)
1980 Western Heritage Award

About the Author

Barbara Walker discovered the Little House series when her daughter, Anna, was four and fond of serial stories and kitchen craft. What began as pleasant diversion—re-creating frontier food—became serious study for the author after a family trip west by way of some Little House sites. Eight years of intermittent reading, writing, and testing produced The Little House Cookbook.

Anna is now married and has her own little house. Barbara Walker still writes on a variety of subjects from the home she shares with her husband outside Ossining, New York. She regrets the disappearance of lard piecrust, hard cheese, and sausage from her diet but finds solace in making bread from her original sourdough starter.

Garth Williams is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved Stuart Little by E. B. White, Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

He was born in 1912 in New York City but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before doing his first book Stuart Little, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating some of the best known children's books.

In addition to illustrating works by White and Wilder, he also illustrated George Selden’s The Cricket in Times Square and its sequels (Farrar Straus Giroux). He created the character and pictures for the first book in the Frances series by Russell Hoban (HarperCollins) and the first books in the Miss Bianca series by Margery Sharp (Little, Brown). He collaborated with Margaret Wise Brown on her Little Golden Books titles Home for a Bunny and Little Fur Family, among others, and with Jack Prelutsky on two poetry collections published by Greenwillow: Ride a Purple Pelican and Beneath a Blue Umbrella. He also wrote and illustrated seven books on his own, including Baby Farm Animals (Little Golden Books) and The Rabbits’ Wedding (HarperCollins).

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Little House Nonfiction
Print length

256 pages
Language

English
Grade level

3 - 6
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NP
Dimensions

7 x 0.89 x 9 inches
Publisher

HarperCollins
Publication date

September 7, 1989
ISBN-10

0064460908
ISBN-13

978-0064460903
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; 3rd edition (September 7, 1989)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064460908
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0064460903
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.89 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #36,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12 in Children's American History of 1800s
- #52 in Children's Women Biographies (Books)
- #60 in Children's Cookbooks

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Patricia

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023

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Lots of history in recipes and stories. Well worth the purchase! Great addition to Little House on Prairie library amd to cookbook collections. I would buy again. It would make a great gift. Would also be a great classroom aid for teachers.

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023

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Loved everything about this. Some recipes are hard to follow, but I think it’s due to trying to replicate them in a modern kitchen. It has anecdotes that go along with the recipes, so you know where in the books you can find the food.

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Cape Food Truck

Not just a fabulous cookbook - an indispensable historical text

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2010

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My 6-year-old daughter and I are reading through the Little House series, and I gave her this cookbook for her birthday. Just this weekend she and I, along with my husband and our almost two-year-old, had our first "Prairie Day" - we used no electricity (aside from our stove, as we have no fireplace), and cooked only recipes from this book.
Breakfast: codfish balls, biscuits, homemade butter (we LOVED preparing this the day before, and the buttermilk left over contributed to our biscuits), and tea/milk. I soaked the salt cod in the fridge for 2 days to ensure proper re-hydration. The codfish balls, despite my misgivings, were tasty and light. I couldn't bring myself to use lard - any recipe suggesting lard did just fine with shortening. My usually picky daughter LOVED the codfish balls. They're basically like fish and chips combined, in little bites. I will make this again, but use fresh ocean white-fish (since I can!).
Lunch: sausages, lettuce with vinegar and sugar, homemade bread and butter, and lemonade, and apple turnovers. Simply delicious! I give the author total credit for the success of the bread (which I baked in advance), as her clear instructions helped me through the difficult task.
Candle-lit Supper: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas, with custard pie for dessert. The only recipe that I wouldn't repeat is the fried chicken - Paula Deen's recipe is so much better, and practically authentic. This recipe really did require oven finishing, which turned the chicken from crispy to soggy. The pie was amazing, and I am no baker!
We can't wait until winter to do our next Prairie Day and attempt more recipes. I read this and prepared for a week in advance, and I learned tons about history and cookery. Praises to the author for her obviously hard work!
P.S. I'm a violinist, and the plan was to enjoy some fiddle music before bed. I was EXHAUSTED by supper's end, and the music and dance never happened. And I didn't even do any laundry that day!!

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Wonderful addition to the series

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2010

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My only issue with the book is how it's printed and bound because I prefer cookbooks on better quality paper with a binding that can handle use in the kitchen. That said, it wasn't enough to make it 4 stars. Maybe 4.5, I rounded up.
The recipes are well laid out with a lot of history. It makes an excellent tool of discussion and education with students who are reading the series or families who enjoy watching re-runs of the tv show.
Some of the recipes don't adapt well to things you can easily get at the supermarket, but just reading those recipes is fun and modern cooks will find the difference in technique and ingredients very interesting. We are so used to being able to get so many alternative ingredients, to having 50 kinds of oil to choose from at the grocery store, that just the use of salt pork or bacon in so many common dishes is a good conversation. Being able to discuss cooking methods, economical measures, and working with what was available are all good things to explore with your children.
I got it as a way of encouraging my daughter to read the original series. It's hard getting her interested in novels sometimes, but she loves cookbooks and historical recipes. Using it that way has worked, she's been slowly going through the series and enjoying it.
Highly recommended for fans of the show or the books obviously, but also a good resource for people who enjoy reenacting history. Many of the recipes are accurate for the Civil War Era.

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Liz Nolan

Returned, but nice cookbook.

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023

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flurry

Classic glimpse into meals of the pioneer days

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2015

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Very good book. I initially thought there would be more illustrations, but I ended up enjoying the book anyways. I find the lack of clear cut, detailed illustrations help the reader (children especially) comprehend the recipes, use imagery for the Little House book excerpts, and focus more on accurately creating the finished product. You simply cannot "look" and create, but must truly focus on the reading material.
The reading is fairly simple, laid out in plain text format. Each recipe lists the name, the excerpt from the original Little House books including Farmer Boy during which said recipe was mentioned, the ingredients and instructions. I appreciate how the author introduces herself and her inspiration for creating The Little House Cookbook and the great lengths she went to to accurately piece together recipes from the Frontier time era and her source credits.
The recipes call for mostly staple items so most of them will be pretty easy to acquire (e.g., flour, sugar, butter, cream, eggs). However, some of the wild game recipes may be very difficult if not impossible to acquire ingredients for (e.g., fowl, roasted pig, starlings). Still, it's a good read and will come in handy for treats for friends and family. Already I have friends who are yearning for some of the dessert and bread recipes!

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TwinnyTwinMom

Lost Pioneer Recipies...LOVE!

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2021

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After binge watching Little House on the Prairie, my 8 year old daughter & I found this book & had to have it. These are lost secrets to real cooking. We cannot wait to make Ma's pies! Everything is made FROM SCRATCH! I mean FROM SCRATCH scratch, like make your own butter for Laura's wedding cake. It shows the love that women put into their cooking & how important food really was for families to survive. This is not a beginner cookbook. These recipes take a lot of time, effort & love! Makes a great gift.

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Alli

Recipes from the past.

Reviewed in Canada on September 19, 2023

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I absolutely love this cookbook. I just got it & I can’t wait to try some of the recipes. 😊

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Excelente!

Reviewed in Spain on April 11, 2022

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O livro recria na perfeição as receitas dos livros!
A imagem gráfica é lindíssima e leva-nos de volta à nossa infância de espectadores da séria.

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FBCOM

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Reviewed in Italy on January 30, 2022

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Libro per gli appassionati della “Casa nella prateria”.

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ullegust

En historiebok i form av en kokbok

Reviewed in Sweden on June 13, 2021

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Jag växte upp med böckerna om Det Lilla Huset och jag har också läst om dem som vuxen. Beskrivningarna av maten de tillagade och åt fascinerade mig både som barn och vuxen.

Så att läsa den här boken var som att öppna en skattkista! Författaren har ägnat åratal åt att forska om pionjärerna och deras matkultur, och tack vare det vet jag nu en hel massa saker som jag inte ens hade kunnat föreställa mig.

Jag är inte säker på att jag kommer att laga några av recepten (de är alla utformade för att vara så lika originalen som det är möjligt i dagens värld) utom möjligen popcornbollarna. De satte verkligen min fantasi i svallning som barn!
I boken blandas recepten med citat och bilder från böckerna samt fantastiska matbilder.

För mig är det här mer en historiebok än en kokbok. Jag rekommenderar den varmt.

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I grew up with the Little House books and I’ve also reread them as an adult. The descriptions on how they prepared and cooked their food did intrigue me both as a kid and now.

So this book was like a treasure chest!
The author has spent years reserching pioneer food and cooking and as a result I now know loads of stuff that I never even imagined.

I’m not sure I’ll try any of the recipes (they are as true to the original ones as is possible in our modern world) except maybe the popcorn balls. They really peaked my imagination as a child! The book is interspersed with quotes and pictures from the books and beautiful pictures of food.

To me this book is more of a history book than a cookbook and I really recommend it!

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OCEANE 1

Très beau livre !

Reviewed in France on November 20, 2014

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J'aime beaucoup ce livre.Je n'ai pas encore traduit les textes et les recettes mais j'ai retrouvé toutes les recettes racontées dans la collections de "La petite maison dans la prairie" .
Les illustrations dessinées par Garth Williams,c'était lui qui avait également illustré la série,rende nostalgique.
Après la traduction je les testerai.Ce qui est bien c'est que ces recettes ne demandent pas beaucoup d'ingrédients ,ceux-ci sont faciles à trouver dans les épiceries anglaises,d'autres qu'on possède déjà dans ses réserves.Ce sont des ingrédients basiques
Les cuissons sont plus rapides dans les fours actuels que dans les cuisinières au bois ou à charbon de nos grand-mères pour les plats.
Et contrairement à ce que l'on pense,ils préparaient beaucoup de confiseries,(par exemple ; à base de maïs soufflés (pop-corn)).
Je suis très contente d'avoir acheté ce livre!

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