Heirloom Recipes: Best-Loved Recipes from Generation to Generation

by Jennifer Saltiel

Book Overview

Heirloom recipes are some of the most delicious time-tested recipes around. They are also a way of connecting generations and keeping the memory of loved ones alive. With culinary treasures that range from the best Southern-style biscuits, to pork adobo from the Philippines, to Ukranian pierogies, to potato kugel for the Passover seder, to Amish macaroni salad, heirloom recipes are found in every family and tradition. They connect us with the past and remind us of our roots. For years, the women of iVillage have been swapping their own family favorites, inviting others into their secret recipe boxes. This special collection brings the best of these dishes together in one volume. And you'll soon be recalling your own special family favorites through the stories and recipes these dedicated home cooks have shared. As much a joy to read as it is to cook from, Heirloom Recipes contains special tips, fond memories, and a lot of the love with which the foods were originally prepared. Book jacket.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140160045X
• ISBN13: 9781401600457
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Recipes that form culinary bonds generation to generation

Compiled and edited by Jennifer Saltiel (freelance writer, cookbook author, and Director of Parent Soup and the Food Channel for iVillage - a women's media company and popular source for women's information online), Heirloom Recipes: Best-Loved Recipes From Generation To Generation is a compendium of time-tested recipes that formed culinary bonds from generation to generation. From Nancy's Charleston Pickled Shrimp; Red Wine Pot Roast; Heirloom Rice and Sausages; and Grandma Rosella's Potato Kugel; to Grandma Shoemaker's Cranberry Relish; Fresh Corn Salad; Banana Oat Squares; and My Grandmother's Lemon Meringue Pie, Heirloom Recipes is a welcome and appreciatively recommended addition to family cookbook collections and will serve to introduce contemporary cooks to a diverse and delicious culinary heritage!