TEXT ¸ The Amish Cook Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family Ñ Elizabeth Coblentz
OK a full color cookbook based on Elizabeth's columns compiles than 75 traditional Amish recipes photographs of the Coblentz farm practical gardening tips cherished family tales and firsthand accounts of traditional Amish events like corn husking bees and barn raisings A truly uniue collaboration between a simple Amish grandmother and a modern d The stories in this book are amazing the description of there lives and feelings was nice to readThe recipes are good I was a bit shocked that there are a ton of recipes with store bought items
Elizabeth Coblentz Ñ The Amish Cook Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family TEXT
The Amish Cook Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish FamilyTen years ago aspiring newspaper editor Kevin Williams convinced Elizabeth Coblentz an Old Order Amish wife and mother to write a weekly cooking column called The Amish Cook Each week Elizabeth shares a family recipe and discusses daily life on her Indiana farm spent with her husband Ben and their eight children and 32 grandchildren THE AMISH CO My friend had this book on her coffee table and I picked it up while visiting and could not put it down I really am intrigued by the Amish way of life and reading Elizabeth Coblentz's letters was an amazing insight into her world She wrote a weekly column for the Amish newspaper The Budget Her writing has inspired me to buy a really nice journal and just record the weekly happenings in my life Even the small mundane things like the weatherthis is something that I think my children and grandchildren may actually enjoy reading some day The recipes sounded amazingly delicious and surprisingly easy If you like the slower way of life good home cooking and getting a personal glimpse into an Indiana Amish woman's world than I absolutely recommend this book to you