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Do you yearn for the home cooking of yesteryear? Here are over 100 recipes for authentic pioneer food, from "pancake men" to "vanity cakes," all mentioned in Wilder's beloved Little House books. Adapted for the modern kitchen, this delectable collection is a charming way for your family to experience the connection between love and the preparation of a meal. 240 pages, softcover from HarperCollins.
Format: Paperback
Vendor: HarperTrophy
Publication Date: 1989
Dimensions: 7 X 9 (inches)
| ISBN: 0064460908
ISBN-13: 9780064460903
Availability: In Stock
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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
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 - recreating 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.
When I open The Little House Cookbook, memories of my childhood come flooding back. Passages from the Little House series and the familiar pencil sketches by Garth Williams accompany each recipe. I especially remember the excerpts from Farmer Boy that my mother read aloud to us. I can almost taste the apple turnovers, buckwheat pancakes, crackling cornbread, and stuffed roasted hen. One winter Mom helped Sophia and me make molasses candy in a pan of cold snow—just like Laura and Mary. I am delighted to find the recipe for it in this cookbook! The pioneer recipes will inspire you to bring simple, wholesome frontier food to your table. 240 pages, softcover from HarperCollins. —Yolanda
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Reviewed by Michelle Ann Murphy (Ozark, Alabama), April 21, 2000 I have enjoyed this book very much. I have longed to do things the
"old" way. This book was very helpful. Reading through this
cookbook I can see Ma cooking at a campfire. And I can smell the
beans and saltpork. :-) If you would like an in depth look into
cooking in the "Old Days" I recommend this book :-) This book
will not gather dust at my house. Write a review of The Little House Cookbook
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