Amish Community Cookbook: Simply Delicious Recipes from Amish and Mennonite Homes

Brief Description:
Portions previously published in Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes (Fox Chapel Publishing Company) and Amish Cooking (Pathway Publisher's Corporation).

Jacket Description/Back:

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.

A Sampling of Amish Favorites:
- 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

- Updated edition of Treasured Amish & Mennonite Recipes
- Hardback hidden spiral binding lies flat for easy countertop use
- Bright new layout
- Beautiful new color photography
- 294 easy-to-follow recipes from real Amish kitchens
- Previous editions received positive reviews and strong sales

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. Amish Community Cookbook features 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. This attractive kitchen-friendly cookbook offers 294 authentic country recipes in a sturdy hardback hidden-spiral binding that lies flat for easy countertop use.

Contributor Bio:Giagnocavo, Carole Roth

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.

The 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.

Katie Weeber is 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, a site based amid Amish and Mennonite communities in eastern Iowa. Learn more at www.thegrayboxwood.com.

Fox Chapel Publishing publishes books, magazines, patterns, and videos for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. We inspire and inform readers who enjoy a variety of crafts and hobbies, including coloring books, woodworking, needlework, home and garden, cooking, outdoor recreation, kid crafts, Zentangle(R), and more.