THE AMISH FAMILY COOKBOOK

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Today's Wild Card authors are:

Jerry and Tina Eicher

and the book:

The Amish Family Cookbook

Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (October 1, 2012)

***Special thanks to Ginger Chen for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Jerry Eicher’s bestselling Amish fiction (more than 210,000 in combined sales) includes The Adams County Trilogy, the Hannah’s Heart books, and the Little Valley Series. After a traditional Amish childhood, Jerry taught for two terms in Amish and Mennonite schools in Ohio and Illinois. Since then he’s been involved in church renewal, preaching, and teaching Bible studies. Jerry lives with his wife, Tina, and their four children in Virginia.

Tina Eicher was born and married in the Amish faith, surrounded by a mother and sisters who were great Amish cooks. At fellowship meals and family gatherings, Tina’s dishes receive high praise and usually return empty. She and her husband, Jerry Eicher, author of several bestselling Amish fiction titles, are the parents of four children and live in Virginia.


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SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:

From bestselling author Jerry Eicher (more than 350,000 books sold) and his wife, Tina, comes this warm and inviting peek into an Amish kitchen, complete with recipes, Amish proverbs, and a dash of Amish humor. Readers will laugh, pray, and eat robustly with The Amish Family Cookbook at their side.

Product Details:
List Price: $ 14.99
Spiral-bound: 272 pages

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (October 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0736943773
ISBN-13: 978-0736943772

AND NOW...A FEW RECIPES FOR YOU TO TRY (CLICK ON PICTURES TO SEE THEM LARGER):

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How fun~ I love cookbooks! I love to read them and get ideas for my own cooking, I don't necessarily *always* follow recipes.

I found some interesting more "traditional" Amish recipes in this book, but was VERY surprised by the number of "Mexican" inspired recipes as well as BBQ sandwiches, Chipotle BBQ sauce, "wrap" recipes, grilling rubs. There were many more culturally diverse recipes than I would expect from an Amish cookbook (I expected more "German style recipes). I was also taken aback by the number of recipes that relied on pudding and cake mixes, Bisquick, and other "prepared" food items (like refrigerated biscuit rolls).

That being said, there are a number of recipes that I plan to try (just probably not so many of the "Prepared food" ingredient recipes, as I prefer to be more of a "From scratch" sort of cook). Now that the colder weather is here, and we seem to be on a "Healthy" upsweep, cooking and baking are starting to take place again. :)

Blessings~

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