Halloween Delights Cookbook: A Collection of Halloween Recipes (Cookbook Delights) - Softcover

Hood, Karen Jean Matsko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594341826 ISBN 13: 9781594341823

Publisher: Whispering Pine Press International, Incorporated, 2012

Synopsis

For this fun and festive time of the year, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents a unique cookbook that is full of tasty and satisfying recipes. Inside are page after page of mouth-watering recipes that will certainly be a hit with family and friends during this special time. Written for the novice cook as well as the accomplished chef, Halloween Delights Cookbook will be appreciated by all. The ingredients for each recipe can be found at your local market throughout the year. Halloween Delights Cookbook is sure to be a valuable addition to your kitchen library and a great gift idea for the chef on your giving list.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Jean Matsko Hood has always enjoyed cooking, baking, and experimenting with recipes. Hood entertains large groups of people and especially enjoys designing creative menus with holiday, international, ethnic, and regional themes. Hood is publishing a cookbook series entitled the Cookbook Delights Series, in which each cookbook emphasizes a different food ingredient or theme. The first cookbook in the series is Apple Delights Cookbook. Hood is working to complete another series of cookbooks titled Hood and Matsko Family Cookbooks, which includes many recipes handed down from her family heritage and others from more current family traditions. She has been invited to speak on talk radio shows on various topics, and favorite recipes from her cookbooks have been prepared on local television programs. Hood was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana. As an undergraduate, she attended the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota, and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. She attended the University of Great Falls in Great Falls, Montana. Hood received a B.S. Degree in Natural Science from the College of St. Benedict and minored in both Psychology and Secondary Education. Upon her graduation, Hood and her husband taught science and math on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Hood has completed postgraduate classes at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. In May 2001, she completed her Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. She has taken postgraduate classes at Lewis and Clark College on the North Idaho college campus in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Taylor University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hood is working on research projects to complete her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Hood resides in Greenacres, Washington, along with her husband, sixteen children, and foster children. Her interests include writing, teaching, and volunteering as a court advocate in the juvenile court system for abused and neglected children. Hood is a literary advocate for youth and adults. Her hobbies include cooking, baking, collecting, photography, indoor and outdoor gardening, and the cultivation of unusual flowering plants and orchids. She enjoys raising several specialty breeds of animals including Icelandic horses, Nubian goats, bichons frisés, cockapoos, Icelandic sheepdogs, Newfoundlands, Rottweilers, and a few rescue cats.

Review

... Halloween Delights Cookbook is a sweet treat for kids of all ages! From Booberry Brew to Bat Wings to Liposuction Lard, these recipes are as original as their titles! This collection is filled with fun food ideas that are sure to add more intrigue to your holiday party. It will keep your guests wondering where you came up with such imaginative ideas! ... --Kimberly Carter, Publicist

... Halloween, a much-loved autumn tradition with roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, has been part of our custom at least as far back as 1846. Halloween Delights Cookbook, which contains over 250 ghoulish and haunting recipes, fun-filled facts and tidbits on Halloween and its origin, as well as exciting poetry, promises to tickle your fancy and funny bone. Halloween Delights will make a splendid addition to your holiday cookbook collection. ... --Mary Scripture-Smith, Graphic Designer

... Halloween Delights is a great cookbook because it not only includes over 250 recipes, but it also contains information and facts about nutrition, health, and cultivation to support the recipes. Reading the Did You Know facts is fascinating, and the poetry by the author is an added extra feature that you won t find included in other cookbooks. Halloween Delights is definitely a great value because it is packed with rich information. It makes an interesting book to read as well as a resourceful cookbook with delicious-tasting recipes arranged for easy use. I highly recommend this book to give as a gift. ... --Dr. James G. Hood, Editor

... Halloween, a much-loved autumn tradition with roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints, has been part of our custom at least as far back as 1846. Halloween Delights Cookbook, which contains over 250 ghoulish and haunting recipes, fun-filled facts and tidbits on Halloween and its origin, as well as exciting poetry, promises to tickle your fancy and funny bone. Halloween Delights will make a splendid addition to your holiday cookbook collection. ... --Mary Scripture-Smith, Graphic Designer

... Halloween Delights is a great cookbook because it not only includes over 250 recipes, but it also contains information and facts about nutrition, health, and cultivation to support the recipes. Reading the Did You Know facts is fascinating, and the poetry by the author is an added extra feature that you won t find included in other cookbooks. Halloween Delights is definitely a great value because it is packed with rich information. It makes an interesting book to read as well as a resourceful cookbook with delicious-tasting recipes arranged for easy use. I highly recommend this book to give as a gift. ... --Dr. James G. Hood, Editor

Edition details

• Publisher: Whispering Pine Press International, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1594341826
• ISBN 13: 9781594341823
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 324