The author of several best-selling cookbooks, Betty Groff writes and speaks from the heart and soul, passing on Pennsylvania cooking traditions she knows like no one else. In this new book with all new recipes, Betty also relates childhood memories from her life in Pennsylvania Dutch country with the 'plain people'. Tested by groups of guests invited to her kitchen and by diners at her bed and breakfast, the recipes in this book continue Betty's culinary tradition, providing the tastes her legion of fans have come to expect. Illustrated with full-colour photographs of the Lancaster countryside by Blair Seitz.
Betty Groff has gathered together from friends and relatives over 300 family and kitchen-tested recipes to create the definitive book on this very American cuisine. The day-to-day lives and seasonal celebrations of Lancaster County's Mennonite, Amish, Moravian, Brethren, and Quaker families are filled with foods that mirror the bounty of the farming year. Rich in history, this warm book contains all the classic favorites with an eye toward limiting their salt, cream and butter content while preserving their homemade goodness. Includes Sunshine Squash Soup, Moravian Sugar Cake, Box Panned Oysters, and much more.
Visitors to the Pennsylvania Dutch country in Pennsylvania are usually delighted with the unique food tradition that survives there among the hills and small, well-tended farms. Ultimately based on the rich cookery of the peasants and small townspeople of the Rhineland and Switzerland, "Dutch" cookery has expanded into the new foodstuffs and materials that America has to offer, and it is one of the gastronomic treats of the country. Dishes such as apple soup, baked bananas, Dutch liver dumplings, spaetzle and braten, walnut shad, and oyster peppers are enjoyed by almost everyone. One of the difficulties about Dutch cookery, however, is that is always has been a home cooking style within a closely knit community, and it does not go by cookbooks. Until this book appeared, the best that one could do was to try to cadge an occasional recipe from a Dutch acquaintance or a local inn. Mr. George Frederick, one-time president of the Gourmet Society of New York, was in an unmatched position to record the delights of Dutch cookery. Himself a native Pennsylvania Dutchman, with access to countless kitchens and family cooking secrets, he was also a gourmet of international stature. He has gathered together 358 recipes that show the Dutch tradition at its strongest, all dishes with the unique savor that distinguishes them from their occasional counterparts in other cooking systems. His book is so good that it in turn has been taken over by many Pennsylvania resorts as the official cookbook. To list only a few of the mouthwatering recipes that Mr. Frederick gives in clear, accurate recipes that you can prepare: Dutch spiced cucumbers, raspberry sago soup, pretzel soup, squab with dumplings Nazareth, shrimp wiggle, Dutch beer eel, sherry sauerkraut, cheese custard, currant cakes, and many fine dumplings, pancakes, and soups . All types of food are covered.
James Beard called this book, "A joyous celebration of a simple, country way of life I think we all look back on nostalgically ... full of stories about her family & neighbors, interwoven with recipes & spiced with comments & bits of kitchen lore that make you want to rush right out & try the Betty Grof version of these American regional dishes."
In addition to the 139 delicious recipes-roast suckling pig to cherry bounced & mulled wine--Weaver paints an invaluable portrait of the Pennsylvania Germans as a people. He focuses on the period of 1830-70, when traditional Pennsylvania-German cookery began to break down under mounting pressures of assimilation, technological changes (such as cooling stoves), & the massive change in life style brought about by the Civil War. Charming line illustrations, chosen from rare nineteenth-century sources, are also included.
Karen Grassle, the beloved actress who played Ma on Little House on the Prairie, grew up at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in a family where love was plentiful but alcohol wreaked havoc. In this candid memoir, Grassle reveals her journey to succeed as an actress even as she struggles to overcome depression, combat her own dependence on alcohol, and find true love. With humor and hard-won wisdom, Grassle takes readers on an inspiring journey through the political turmoil on ’60s campuses, on to studies with some of the most celebrated artists at the famed London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and ultimately behind the curtains of Broadway stages and storied Hollywood sets. In these pages, readers meet actors and directors who have captivated us on screen and stage as they fall in love, betray and befriend, and don costumes only to reveal themselves. We know Karen Grassle best as the proud prairie woman Caroline Ingalls, with her quiet strength and devotion to family, but this memoir introduces readers to the complex, funny, rebellious, and soulful woman who, in addition to being the force behind those many strong women she played, fought passionately—as a writer, producer, and activist—on behalf of equal rights for women. Raw, emotional, and tender, Bright Lights celebrates and honors womanhood, in all its complexity.
A seventh installment in the Roadfood cookbook series shares many of the most popular dishes from the Lancaster County restaurant and includes recipes for such signature fare as turkey pot pie, ham and cabbage casserole, and Atomic Banana Split.
