"500 Treasured Country Recipes"--by Martha Storey and friends--written in a warm, down-to-earth style that feels like home, it is much, much more than a "country" cookbook--includes illustrated guides to techniques and terms, equipment and ingredients, preserving, cheese making, crafts, and gardening (see my review)

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

Bring farmhouse favorites to your kitchen with this heirloom cookbook, featuring more than 500 recipes for mouthwatering country classics. Martha Storey presents easy-to-follow recipes for comforting family favorites like apple pie, roast chicken, blueberry pancakes, strawberry shortcake, sourdough bread, and hand-churned ice cream. Storey also provides simple instructions for the old-fashioned arts of making your own cheese, yogurt, pickles, and cordials. You’re sure to hear calls for seconds when serving these time-tested crowd-pleasers.

MY REVIEW:    If you are searching for a book to give a novice cook, or for a new addition to a seasoned cook's collection, "500 Treasured Country Recipes" will delight them both! While the book is written in a warm, down-to-earth style that feels like home, it is much, much more than a "country" cookbook. It is really a hefty, charmingly illustrated, all-inclusive volume of cookery, crafts, housekeeping, gardening, and useful advice. Written by Martha Storey and friends (an impressive roster of talent featured as contributors at the book's end), this expansive resource of recipes and more offers tempting treats to please every palate. On the savory side, you'll find dishes like "Zucchini with Mozzarella and Parmesan", which begins with bacon, onions and garlic sizzling in the skillet. "Southwestern Cranberry Sauce" blends the flavors of fresh cranberries and jalapeno peppers, and refines them with sugar and seasonings. "Onion & Mushroom Gravy" made with rich pan drippings, onions, mushrooms and seasoned stock may cause you to forgo a formal meal and stand at the stove dipping chunks of bread into the gravy pan. The desserts are delicious, decadent, and downright divine. Try to resist "Soul Satisfying Rice Pudding", "Baked Bananas in Maple Rum Sauce", or "Blueberries Romanoff". I won't even try to resist--I surrender! You'll also find detailed, illustrated instructions for making butter, cheese, beer, wine, and even soda pop. If you're a crafter, you'll really enjoy the sections featuring handcrafts, holidays, and homemade gifts. I don't have enough words or review space to detail all that this wonderful book has to offer. I will just say that it is indeed a "treasure", and you will reach for it time and time again.

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Reviews

 

“Altogether, it’s a treasure chest of down-home cooking.” – The Times-Picayune
“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


MARTHA STOREY

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 many 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. 
 
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