| Potluck Paradise: Favorite Fare from Church & Community Cookbooks Contributor(s): Eighmey, Rae Katherine (Author), Miller, Debbie (Author), Wood, Dave (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0873516257 ISBN-13: 9780873516259 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 Annotation: Here is the book that answers the age-old question: What should I bring? Foodies Eighmey and Miller combed through hundreds of folksy cookbooks, taste-testing hundreds of recipes, before narrowing their list to these 125 crowd-pleasing dishes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Regional & Ethnic - American - Middle Western States - Cooking | Entertaining - General |
| Dewey: 641.597 |
| LCCN: 2008008738 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.96" W x 8.9" (0.73 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is the book that answers the age-old question: What should I bring? Foodies Rae Katherine Eighmey and Debbie Miller first combed through hundreds of folksy cookbooks--often spiral-bound or homemade--compiled by church and community groups around the Midwest. Then they tested hundreds of the most popular recipes before winnowing the list down to 150 of the tastiest crowd-pleasing dishes: treats such as Swedish Tea Ring, Oven Barbecue Spareribs, Corn and Tomato Casserole, Refrigerator Cookies, Blueberry Buckle, and Party Punch. Recipes are organized by course, so it's as easy as pie for the reader to find the perfect dish for the long community table. Eight 1950s menus-with-recipes for gatherings such as a Card Party and a Ladies Club Luncheon will help today's savvy host create memorable retro gatherings for friends and family. Food and entertaining lore gleaned from the cookbooks and the authors' recollections of growing up in the Fabulous Fifties transport readers back to a time when shared food and hospitality reigned supreme. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Debbie: - Debbie Miller is a historian and aficionado of community cookbooks who works as a reference specialist at the Minnesota Historical Society.Wood, Dave: - Dave Wood is the author of numerous books about midwestern culture, including My Mother the Arsonist, and Other Toasty Tales. |