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Woodstove Cookery: At Home on the Range

Fire up your woodstove and get cooking! In this informative and inspiring guide, Jane Cooper brings together dozens of recipes and expert tips from seasoned woodstove cooks. Keep your kitchen warm and cozy as you whip up breakfast pancakes, mouthwatering roasted meats, delicious pies, and irresistible loaves of freshly baked bread. With plenty of advice on buying, installing, and maintaining your woodstove, you’ll be sure to enjoy cooking over a controlled, crackling fire for years to come.  

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

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Jane Cooper

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September 22, 2022
I live in Florida and have no intention of getting a woodstove. I do remember my grandmother cooking on one and wanted to learn what I should have learned as a child: how did she do it? This book is fun and sorta thorough and somewhat tongue in cheek. Lots about how different woods burn and what a cord is and why dry not green wood is best. Recipes are a bonus. It talks about setting up the stove and taking care of it and cleaning it and sigh...glad I'm not cooking on it! Excellent choice for nostalgic people. I missed my chance to learn when we lived in Maine. The schooners and windjammers in the bay used wood stoves for cooking. I never went out after a short sail. The is a fun book if you want to appreciate your microwave and take out!
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36 reviews
May 13, 2026
I received this book as a gift and ended up loving the cozy, nostalgic feel of it far more than I expected. Woodstove Cookery is filled with the kind of warmth that makes you want to slow down, cook something comforting, and appreciate a simpler way of living. It feels less like a traditional cookbook and more like spending time with someone who genuinely loves home, family, and the experience of cooking.
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March 17, 2021
This book was very helpful while I was learning to cook on my wood cookstove.
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January 10, 2023
Absolutely amazing. Has been a godsend while I have an old style woodstove.
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1,240 reviews15 followers
February 17, 2017
I dream of having a cookstove like this in my home. Not to replace my actual gas kitchen stove for sure ;-) but to have for use in the winter. I have a flat top woodstove and do some cooking on that. Mostly use my woodstove for brewing tea, keeping coffee/tea hot, thawing thing, raising bread, biscuits, rolls etc. Loved this book! I got some great ideas for next winter now!
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Author 4 books2 followers
August 29, 2012
Has some good ideas for cooking on woodstoves - not especially fun.
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