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

By Carole Roth Giagnocavo and Mennonite Central Committee

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497100003
• ISBN13: 9781497100008
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Not the Amish way to cook.

Due to the title, I expected to get a cookbook that had recipes the Amish actually use. You know, the stuff they sell at farmers markets... Instead I got a cookbook that has ingredients like Rice Krispies, frozen whipped topping, packaged taco seasoning and Velveeta cheese. The Amish do not cook out of tin cans nor do they they have freezers. The book says these are recipes "handed down for generations." I seriously doubt they've been using frozen whipped topping for generations. Badly edited. "Hints" are repeated and used as fillers. Ingredients are measured as "a box or a package" without ounces, cups, etc. There are ingredients missing that a bread maker would recognize as missing such as yeast and water from the sourdough recipe. I would not trust the canning recipes either. There are no details that guarantee safe canning. There is no explanation for the methods used to can other than to say put it in a sterilized jar and seal it up. Do not use these recipes for canning unless you want botulism or are an experienced canner that knows how to fix the recipes. The only Amish thing this is good for is to use it to start a fire.