500 Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends: Mouthwatering, Time-Honored, Tried-And-True, Handed-Down, Soul-Satisfying Dishes

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500 Mouthwatering, Time-Honored, Tried & True, Handed-Down, Soul-Satisfying Dishes Everyone, whether they live in a log cabin or a high-rise, strives to capture some of the warmth, flavour, fragrance and feeling of the country in their own kitchens. Martha Storey, country-living publisher for more than 17 years, draws on her own country roots and on the experience of Storey's many expert authors to help readers learn or re-learn the time-honored skills of the American country kitchen and revisit the classics of down-home cooking. In this chock-full-of-recipes cookbook, Martha shares her family's and friends' favourite tried-and-true country-cooking recipes. These are the simple dishes with country soul that make your mouth water. They are the church supper recipes that are never out of style and that will become the hand-me-down recipes you pass on to your children and grandchildren. In addition to providing these classic recipes, Martha covers the skills of the country kitchen. From wood stove to microwave, Martha shares tips and techniques for making cheese, preserving food, making sausages, pulling taffy, baking bread and making pies and ice cream. This heirloom cookbook, with old-fashioned and updated country techniques and know-how, is as complete as your great-grandmother's pantry!

Reviews

"The very volume of recipes to inspire cooks to continue lavishing loved ones with the fruits of their kitchen labors is Martha Storey in her latest masterpiece." -- Grand Rapids, MI Press

"...gives us a connection to our food and our homes that can sometimes get lost in 21st-century life."

- The Gourmet Retailer

"Storey's table is always rich and teeming with delights...This book will win over many fans, whether they are from town or country." - Nation's Restaurant News

"It's like having your grandmother in the kitchen with you." -- Columbia, SC State

" ... richly detailed with illustrations and peppered with informational boxes on storing greens, Halloween decorating, apple varieties, and many other topics." -- Spokane, WA Spokesman-Review

"Good, old-fashioned country recipes from America's past come to life in this collection of heirloom food from yesteryear." -- Country Almanac

Author Bio

Martha Storey lent her party-planning advice to Keeping Entertaining Simple. She has mastered the art of relaxed hostessing, whether giving small dinner parties for close friends or large corporate picnics, and she shares her secrets and inspiring ideas with readers. Country-living publisher for more than 17 years, Martha also draws on her country roots to bring you the time-honored classics of the American country kitchen in her book, Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends. Martha founded Storey Communications, Inc. with her husband John in 1983. She has three children and eight grandchildren. She lives in western Massachusetts and farm in Westport, New York.