500 Treasured Country Recipes Author:Martha Storey "a treasure trove of folksey tips, homey recipes and guides for forgotten chores like making butter and sour cream, alongside recipes for salsa and chutneys. Inside is something for everyone" — From Booklist: — For mainstream America, holidays are a time for nostalgia, an opportunity to re-create the dishes that Grandma made or that she should hav... more »e. With some help from her friends, Martha Storey has assembled 500 Treasured Country Recipes, all suitable for holiday get-togethers with family and friends. Starting with breakfast specialties, Storey tips her hand that her anthology holds more than typical Midwestern farm recipes by including jalapeno omelets. Other recipes adapt hearty country dishes to today's demand for lighter, healthier cooking. Thus, she bakes butterscotch brownies with whole-wheat flour and wheat germ. Storey recognizes that today's cooks don't have any time to waste, so she makes good use of the microwave when appropriate. Nevertheless, Storey advocates such old-fashioned skills as sausage making and canning. A section on arts of the country home offers instruction in crafts for decorating and for gift giving. ---Brad Hooper, Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserved« less