Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite Tales from Mitford Books
Millions of Mitford fans
around the world will agree—it’s easy to put on a pound or two reading a
Mitford novel. Scene after scene of the bestselling series’ colorful
characters enjoying tantalizing dishes can immediately start a craving.
Then, before you know it, you’ve read several pages by the glow of the
refrigerator lightbulb.
Packed with more than 150 recipes from the
Mitford novels and from the author’s own recipe box, Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader
is loaded with tips, hints, jokes, culinary quotes, and delightful
side-dish sidebars guaranteed to start a stomach rumbling. From Miss
Sadie’s Apple Pie to Puny’s Cornbread, from Emma’s Pork Roast to Marge’s
Sweet Tea with Peppermint, beloved characters come alive through their
own favorite recipes.
Here, too, are Karon’s reminiscences of her own
family’s food traditions and—as dessert—four stories never before
published in her books.Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader
is a charming companion to the Mitford series that will have readers
clamoring to bring into their own kitchens the aromas and flavors that
swirl within the little town with the big heart.
MY REVIEW: A lovely, lovely book. One to be savored and read over and over.
Wonderful insights, stories and recipes. Even if you have never read one
of Jan Karon's delightful "Mitford" books, you will greatly enjoy this
"more than just a cookbook". Lovingly written, with beautiful photos and
illustrations, this book offers sustenance for mind, body, and spirit.
You will savor the flavor of recipes like "Father Tim's Beef Tenderloin
with Mustard Horseradish Sauce", "Cynthia's Deep-Dish Blackberry Pie",
"Emma's Green Beans with New Potatoes", and so many more.
THE MITFORD SERIES
Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's
easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is
pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable.
Book 1
Book 2
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Book 12
Book 13
Book 14
Jan Karon
Born Janice Meredith Wilson in
1937, Jan Karon was raised on a farm near Lenoir, North Carolina. Karon
knew at a very early age that she wanted to be a writer. She penned her
first novel when she was 10 years old, the same year she won a
short-story contest organized by the local high school. Karon married as
a teenager and had a daughter, Candace.
At 18, Karon began
working as a receptionist for a Charlotte, N.C. advertising agency. She
advanced in the company after leaving samples of her writing on the desk
of her boss, who eventually noticed her talent. Karon went on to have a
highly successful career in the field, winning awards for ad agencies
from Charlotte to San Francisco. In time, she became a creative vice
president at the high-profile McKinney & Silver, in Raleigh. While
there, she won the prestigious Stephen Kelly Award, with which the
Magazine Publishers of America honor the year's best print campaign.
During
her years in advertising, Karon kept alive her childhood ambition to be
an author. At the age of 50, she left her career in advertising and
moved to Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to pursue that dream. After
struggling—and failing—to get a novel underway, Karon awoke one night
with a mental image of an Episcopal priest walking down a village
street. She grew curious about him, and started writing. Soon, Karon was
publishing weekly installments about Father Tim in her local newspaper,
The Blowing Rocket, which saw its circulation double as a result. "It
certainly worked for Mr. Dickens", says Karon.
The Father Tim
stories became Karon's first Mitford novel, At Home in Mitford. That
book has since been nominated three times (1996, 1997, and 1998) for an
ABBY (American Booksellers Book of the Year Award), which honors titles
that bookstore owners most enjoy recommending to customers, and the only
book ever nominated for three consecutive years. The fourth Mitford
novel, A New Song, won both the Christy and Gold Medallion awards for
outstanding contemporary fiction in 2000. A Common Life, In This
Mountain, and Shepherd's Abiding have also won Gold Medallion awards.
Out to Canaan was the first Mitford novel to hit the New York Times
bestseller list; subsequent novels have debuted on the New York Times
list, often landing the #1 spot.
Karon has also published two
Christmas-themed books based on the Mitford series, The Mitford Snowmen
and Esther's Gift, as well as Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen
Reader. Other Mitford books include Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's
Favorite Quotes, a compilation of wit and wisdom, and A Continual Feast:
Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim. In addition,
Karon has written two children's books, Miss Fannie's Hat and Jeremy:
The Tale of an Honest Bunny, and an illustrated book for all ages, The
Trellis and the Seed.
Karon says her character-driven work seeks
to give readers a large, extended family they can call their own.
Though Light From Heaven is officially the final novel in the series,
there's yet another Mitford book in this prolific author. Karon urges
her millions of ardent fans to look for the Mitford Bedside Companion,
releasing in the Fall of 2006. "It has everything in it but the kitchen
sink", says Karon.
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