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. First published in 1950, Mennonite Community Cookbook has become a treasured part of many family kitchens. Parents who received the cookbook when they were first married make sure to purchase it for their own sons and daughters when they wed. This 65th anniversary edition adds all new color photography and a brief history while retaining all of the original recipes and traditional Fraktur drawings. Check out the cookbook blog at mennonitecommunitycookbook.com

BEST SELLING cookbook, now in paperback with smaller trim size and lower price point. Nearly 24,000 copies of the hardcover edition sold in 1st year. 294 authentic recipes gathered from Amish and Mennonite cooks from across the United States and Canada. Smythe sewn binding lies flatter for easy countertop use.

This is a new edition of Herald Press's all-time best-selling cookbook, helping thousands of families establish a climate of joy and concern for others at mealtime. The late author's introductory chapters have been edited and revised for today's cooks. Statistics and nutritional information have been updated to reflect current American and Canadian eating habits, health issues, and diet guidelines. The new U.S. food chart "My Plate" was slipped in at the last minute and placed alongside Canada's Food Guide. But the message has changed little from the one that Doris Janzen Longacre promoted in 1976, when the first edition of this cookbook was released. In many ways she was ahead of her time in advocating for people to eat more whole grains and more vegetables and fruits, with less meat, saturated fat, and sugars. This book is part of the World Community Cookbook series that is published in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee, a worldwide ministry of relief, development, and peace. "Mennonites are widely recognized as good cooks. But Mennonites are also a people who care about the world’s hungry."—Doris Janzen Longacre

The Pennsylvania Dutch are known for their unique traditional foods--recipes that reflect their German heritage and agricultural roots. Readers can now experience this cooking with the authentic Amish and Mennonite recipes found in the pages of this cookbook. There are recipes for everything from apple butter to classic mashed potatoes.

Favorite recipes to share with friends at home or at church. More than 800 recipes ranging from Sweet and Sour Baked Beans to Potluck Fondue, from Seven Layer Salad to Tarragon Mushrooms, from Amish Vanilla Pie to Tapioca Dessert, from Sloppy Joes to Chicken with Ginger, and from Homemade Rolls to Native Bannock. This practical, easy-to-use cookbook is full of recipes which may be made without elaborate preparation. It contains ideas for finger foods, one-dish meals, health-conscious cooks, cross-cultural dishes, and small recipes for entertaining at home, as well as a few recipes large enough to serve several hundred people. All from the kitchens of a people known for their delectable cooking. Many North Americans no longer have time or space to cook bountiful feasts for large groups in their homes. Hence, the growing interest in potlucks, fellowship meals, and carry-in dinners. This practical, easy-to-use cookbook is full of recipes (more than 900!) which can be made without elaborate preparation. They work well for family and friends at home; they can be easily transported to church suppers. This is food for fellowship, all from the kitchens of a people known for their delectable cooking! Many North Americans no longer have time or space to cook bountiful feasts for large groups in their homes. Hence, the growing interest in potlucks, fellowship meals, and carry-in dinners. This practical, easy-to-use cookbook is full of recipes (more than 900!) which can be made without elaborate preparation. They work well for family and friends at home; they can be easily transported to church suppers. This is food for fellowship, all from the kitchens of a people known for their delectable cooking!

Taste the goodness of Amish life. Bestselling cookbook author and food columnist Lovina Eicher brings together the best of Amish cooking in The Essential Amish Cookbook: Everyday Recipes from Farm and Pantry. Join Eicher as she shares traditional Amish recipes along with her own kitchen tips and secrets. Growing up, Eicher learned to cook and bake at an early age alongside her mother, longtime columnist and Amish cookbook author Elizabeth Coblentz, and has put those skills to use in her own Amish kitchen as she cooks for her eight children. The easy-to-follow, authentic recipes you’ll find in The Essential Amish Cookbook are prepared every day in countless homes in Old Order Amish communities across North America. Many of the more than 100 recipes are richly illustrated with step-by-step photographs to help you learn Amish cooking just as if you were in Lovina’s kitchen. From hearty main dishes to substantial sides—plus a generous sampling of scrumptious cakes, pies, cookies, and other delectable desserts—learn how to make the hearty, simple dishes that the Amish cook together and serve at home, church services, and weddings. In a fast-food, digital world, the book’s colorful photos and conversational tone provide a real taste of Amish life and invite you to slow down. Your family will come to love her Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread, Rhubarb Juice, Roast Beef with Veggies, Oven Crusted Chicken, pickles, jams, and so much more. Experience the simple joys of Amish life—food, faith and family!

Shank's prized collection of over 1,100 recipes also includes hundreds of tips for success while baking bread, making pie crusts, etc., as well as microwave and quick-fix sections, identification of low calorie dishes, and many useful charts, tables and diagrams. This hardcover cookbook is a winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award from the Publishers Marketing Association.

THE MONTEZUMA AMISH MENNONITE COOKBOOK is a compilation of recipes handed down through generations of Amish & Mennonite ladies. Recipes are mostly good basic home-cooking with a broad appeal to Northern, Southern, Eastern, & Western tastes, even though usually, most cookbooks are regional or national. Strong emphasis has been placed on simple clear directions, with the novice or inexperienced cook in mind. Over 800 recipes offered with over 400 useful household hints & information gathered through the years. 36,000 books sold thru' May 1993. Listed below are some quotes from satisfied customers. "This cookbook is wonderful for the young & inexperienced, as well as the most experienced of chefs. Everything is already on your kitchen shelf or in your refrigerator. Simple instructions, can't go wrong & tastes wonderful. One of the best regional cookbooks selling in my store."--J.J. Luke, Manager, Bookland 110, Albany, GA. "I loved my first book so much, I'm ordering...one as a bridal shower gift."--Klara Shad, Warren, MI. "It's a great cookbook!"--M. Neumann, Naperville, IL. "I want to say 'Thank You.' I am a former Home Economics teacher...& I want to say of all the cookbooks I had the privilege to use, this one is the best. May God bless you & keep you in His care."--Mrs. J. Patterson, Jr., Macon, GA. "Thank you for mailing this cookbook. My friend has this book, & it is superb!"--V.M. Alexis, Columbus, OH. Bookstores or dealers please call for prices 912-472-8921 or 912-472-7419. Yoder's Catering Service, R#2 Box 182, Montezuma, GA 31063.

More than 75 traditional Amish recipes, practical gardening tips, and firsthand accounts of traditional Amish events like corn-husking bees and barn raisings. The Amish Cook is based on a newspaper column of the same name that started when aspiring editor Kevin Williams convinced Elizabeth Coblentz, an Old Order Amish wife and mother, to write a weekly cooking column. Each week Elizabeth shared a family recipe and discussed daily life on her Indiana farm, spent with her husband, Ben, and their eight children and 32 grandchildren. A truly unique collaboration between a simple Amish grandmother and a modern-day newspaperman, The Amish Cook is a poignant and authentic look at a disappearing way of life.

Unbeknownst to many folks outside the Amish Mennonite population in America, Pinecraft, Florida?a village tucked away in the heart of Sarasota?is the vacation paradise of the Plain People. Sherry Gore has put together Simply Delicious Amish Cooking which represents the people who make Pinecraft unique. Unlike any other Plain community in the world, this village is a virtual melting pot of Amish and Mennonites from around the world, intermingled with people like former editor-in-chief of Cooking & Such Magazine and author Sherry Gore’s family who live there year-round. Simply Delicious Amish Cooking features hundreds of easy-to-prepare recipes and 16 full-color photographs and black-and-white photographs throughout. In this cookbook, you’ll discover traditional favorites such as: Sweet Potato Sweet Mash, Mrs. Byler’s Glazed Donuts, Fried Alligator Nuggets, Grilled Lime Fish Fillets, Strawberry Mango Smoothies and more! Interspersed with the recipes are true-life stories about births, engagements, weddings, deaths, funerals, celebrations, wildlife encounters and accidents told through years of Sherry’s Letters from Home column published in?The Budget, the Amish newspaper. Simply Delicious Amish Cooking offers readers a faith-based, family-focused perspective of the simple way of life of the Plain People. It is truly a breath of fresh air from Sarasota, Florida.