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This grandmother of all Mennonite cookbooks brings a touch of Mennonite culture and hospitality to any home that relishes great cooking. Mary Emma Showalter compiled favorite recipes from hundreds of Mennonite women across the United States and Canada noted for their excellent cooking into this book of more than 1, 100 recipes. These tantalizing dishes came to this country directly from Dutch, German, Swiss, and Russian kitchens. Old -fashioned cooking and traditional Mennonite values are woven throughout. Original directions like a dab of cinnamon or ten blubs of molasses have been standardized to help you get the same wonderful individuality and flavor. Showalter introduces each chapter with her own nostalgic recollection of cookery in grandma s day the pie shelf in the springhouse, outdoor bake ovens, the summer kitchen.