Strawberry Delights Cookbook: A Collection Of Strawberry Recipes

The strawberry is the king of berries and the pride of gardeners everywhere.  Probably no other berry is as closely associated with summertime as is the strawberry.  From the visual appeal of the dark red berries peeking out from among the lush green foliage, to the unrivaled juicy sweetness to be had in eating them, strawberries are an oh-so-enjoyable part of everyone's summer experience and can be relished frozen all year long.
Delicious strawberries are versatile, nutritious, and always add a special flair to many dishes, whether used in cakes, pies and breads, in preserves, as a salad ingredient, in wines or brandies, or any number of other imaginative ways.  In Strawberry Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 280 exciting strawberry recipes that will be sure to please everyone.  Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this popular berry's history, folklore, cultivation, and much more.  With recipes using readily available ingredients, Strawberry Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef's bookshelf.
6 x 9, 324 pp., featuring a full-color cover in a variety of bindings as well as audio and electronic versions.  Whispering Pine Press International, Inc., Your Northwest Book Publishing Company.

Karen Jean Matsko Hood has always enjoyed cooking, baking, and experimenting with recipes. At this time Hood is working to complete a series of cookbooks that blends her skills and experience in cooking and entertaining.  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 entitled Hood and Matsko Family Cookbooks, which includes many recipes handed down from her family heritage and others who have emerged 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.
Karen was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana.  In May 2001, she completed her Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Hood is working on research projects to complete her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane,Washington.
She resides in Greenacres, Washington, along with her husband, many of her sixteen children, and foster children. Her hobbies include cooking, baking, collecting, photography, indoor and outdoor gardening, farming, and the cultivation of unusual flowering plants and orchids.  
Hood demonstrates a passionate appreciation of the environment and a respect for all life and welcomes you to visit her websites at:
 
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