Amish Community Cookbook: Simply Delicious Recipes from Amish and Mennonite Homes (Fox Chapel Publishing) 294 Easy, Authentic, Old-Fashioned Recipes of Hearty Comfort Food; Lay-Flat Spiral Binding - Hardcover

Carole Roth Giagnocavo; Mennonite Central Committee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565238788 ISBN 13: 9781565238787

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Discover real comfort food with these authentic country recipes!

• 294 delicious, easy-to-follow recipes gathered from real Amish cooks across the United States and Canada
• Lies flat for easy countertop use, with a sturdy hardback hidden-spiral binding
• 100 beautiful color photos of finished recipes and Amish life
• Array of traditional dishes includes appetizers, soups, salads, mains, casseroles, breads, and desserts
• Includes a brief history of Amish, Mennonites, and Anabaptism

This attractive kitchen-friendly cookbook is filled with 294 favorite authentic country recipes gathered from Amish kitchens across the United States and Canada. Bound in a sturdy hardback hidden-spiral binding that lies flat for easy countertop use, Amish Community Cookbook will have you preparing delicious, down-to-earth dishes your family will request again and again!

The Amish people are renowned for their rich agricultural heritage, strong community spirit, and good old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This treasury of beloved recipes expresses their close connection to the land and reliance on fresh, natural ingredients.

Amish Community Cookbook offers an endless array of traditional appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, casseroles, breads, and desserts. Beyond the delicious, hearty taste, this is food that offers something to nourish the soul. One taste and you'll see why these recipes have been bringing families and communities together at the table for generations.

Here is a sampling of the Amish favorites you'll find in Amish Community Cookbook:

• Apple Dumplings
• Baked Corn
• Barn Raising Dinner
• Bread and Butter Pickles
• Brown Butter Noodles
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Corn Soup With Rivels
• Ham and Bean Soup
• Pork and Sauerkraut
• Red Beet Eggs
• Red Velvet Cake
• Wet Bottom ShooFly Pie

Amish Community Cookbook is the updated and improved edition of Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes (ISBN 9781565235991), with a bright new layout and beautiful new photography.

About this title

About the Author

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God's love and compassion for all through relief, development and peace. MCC serves in more than fifty countries around the world, reaching out to those who have been struck by war, famine, and natural disaster by providing food and other aid. Each year, Mennonite relief sales raise close to five million dollars for the support of MCC's relief efforts around the world. Almost all of the recipes in this book were collected from relief sales, and include some of the favorite dishes from those events.

Carole Roth Giagnocavo has collaborated on four Amish and Mennonite cookbooks for Fox Chapel Publishing: Treasured Mennonite Recipes, More Treasured Mennonite Recipes, Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes, and Amish Community Cookbook. Carole is the publisher of Design Originals, one of the world's leading publishers of books for artists and crafters. A former elementary school teacher, she comes from a long line of great Mennonite cooks.

Katie Weeber has been managing editor at Fox Chapel Publishing, a leading publisher of illustrated non-fiction books and magazines for craft, hobby, and do-it-yourself enthusiasts. Fox Chapel crafts information for a hands-on world, by publishing high quality, tightly focused, and reasonably priced books.

Joel Kratzer's photography can be seen on The Gray Boxwood (thegrayboxwood.com), a site based amid Amish and Mennonite communities in eastern Iowa.

From the Back Cover

Discover Real Comfort Food with these Authentic Country Recipes

Filled with favorite recipes gathered from Amish cooks across the United States and Canada, Amish Community Cookbook will have you preparing delicious, down-to-earth dishes your family will request again and again.

The Amish people are renowned for their rich agricultural heritage, strong community spirit, and good old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This treasury of beloved recipes expresses their close connection to the land and reliance on fresh, natural ingredients.

The Amish Community Cookbook offers an endless array of traditional appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, casseroles, breads, and desserts. Beyond the delicious, hearty taste, this is food that offers something to nourish the soul. One taste and you'll see why these recipes have been bringing families and communities together at the table for generations.

It's no secret that delicious food comes out of the Amish-Mennonite tradition. This cookbook has it all. An authentic collection of delightful treats that will be a staple in your kitchen.
—Suzanne Woods Fisher, best-selling author of Amish fiction and nonfiction, and host of the radio show Amish Wisdom

A Sampling of Amish Favorites:

• Apple Dumplings
• Baked Corn
• Bread and Butter Pickles
• Brown Butter Noodles
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Corn Soup with Rivels
• Dutch Potato Soup
• Ham Loaf
• Pork and Sauerkraut
• Red Beet Eggs
• Red Velvet Cake
• "Wet-Bottom" Shoofly Pie

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565238788
• ISBN 13: 9781565238787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Joel Kratzer
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Katie Weeber