Martha Campbell Pullen and Suzanne Crocker. Brownsboro, Ala.: Martha Campbell Pullen Press, 2010. 218 pp. (Paperback).
Do you read recipes the same way you read science fiction — by getting to the end and thinking, “Well, that’s not going to happen”? If so, you might want to try this book. You’ll want to get a pack of little sticky notes and mark the ones you want to make, but have lots of notes handy because this book is full of great recipes.
The recipes range from appetizers and party foods to desserts, all simple and practical, calling for easy-to-find ingredients and a minimum of preparation time. The book has a spiral binding so it will stay flat and open while the cook is measuring and stirring — a big plus.
The book is much more than just recipes, though. Co-written by Martha Pullen, well known for her sewing, and daughter-in-law Suzanne Crocker, author and former missionary to Africa, the book includes information about each recipe — either where it came from or how it has been used — and many interesting stories from the lives of the two authors. After each story, the authors include questions to encourage the reader/cook to write her own cooking memoir.
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