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Summary: Delightful and unusually useful novelty cookbook, this!
Review: I am surprised at how much I love this book! I would call it a compendium of social, industrial, culinary, agricultural, USAmerican women's history. And yet there's nothing pretentious about it-- it's homey, in fact, and quite usable for a cookbook with such a theme. Crumpacker pulls off quite a feat: updating old-fashioned American recipes without making kitsch of them, which other similar books do. I recommend this book to everyone interested in cooking and the many contexts in which recipes are invented, reproduced, and prepared, and I plan to give a copy to all my foody friends!
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Summary: Good Cookbook
Review: This is a very nice cookbook and makes a lovely gift. I have made several of the recipes in it. The best bread in the world is the orange bread! Unfortunately, some of the other recipes were simply okay, but that is just my own taste, not the fault of the recipes. It's a very pretty book and has lots of neat information in it. Mrs. Frank Sinatra's spaghetti and meatballs is excellent. The problem is that some of the recipes are vague like adding things "to taste." I do better with exact measurements, or at least an idea like "1/2 to 1 tsp." for example.Overall, it's a great cookbook and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Good Cookbook
Review: This is a very nice cookbook and makes a lovely gift. I have made several of the recipes in it. The best bread in the world is the orange bread! Unfortunately, some of the other recipes were simply okay, but that is just my own taste, not the fault of the recipes. It's a very pretty book and has lots of neat information in it. Mrs. Frank Sinatra's spaghetti and meatballs is excellent. The problem is that some of the recipes are vague like adding things "to taste." I do better with exact measurements, or at least an idea like "1/2 to 1 tsp." for example. Overall, it's a great cookbook and I highly recommend it.
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