Shaker Cookbook: Recipes and Lore from the Valley of God's Pleasures

by Caroline B. Piercy, Arthur Tolve

Book by Piercy, Caroline B., Tolve, Arthur

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

Reviews

[elstaffe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few recipes I want to try, a slew of non sequiturs, and some retold Shaker history, with a green cover.

[Ellen Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

will reserve my rating for after I've tried some recipes. Weird to 'read' a cookbook, but it was interesting to think about life on the frontier and the self-sufficiency of people back then. There was also a lot about living in community, and of course, the famous Shaker belief in doing whatevver they did to perfection. Nice find in a Habitat thrift store!

[theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

maybe it's weird to "read" a cookbook and an old one at that (circa 1953) but it was interesting for the history included. i found a few recipes that i would like to try out (lemon meringue pie, biscuits) so there's that.