Lari Robling

Ok, my biggest problem with this is that I won't make any of the recipes that I don't already. There's often a reason that they're not made very often any more, and often that reason is because they're so incredibly heavy; just reading them makes me shudder. (A whole stick of butter and 1 1/4 C dark brown sugar for one meal's worth of salmon?!)

But I did keep reading, trying to find something interesting and adaptable. And I found a couple that seemed intriguing, but those were among the show more majority that didn't have pictures. I don't understand cabbage and noodles. Many too few pictures.

Neat little stories. Good for ppl who don't stop to think things like 'hey, I bet I can make my own tomato soup' and need the reminders to do so.

If you want traditional simple recipes, pick up the fundraiser cookbooks at church bazaars, yard sales, thrift stores.... My GR friend Debbie gave me some she'd collected, and with the ones I've found secondhand, I have a trove that Lari should thrill to raid. You could, too. Or, you can just Google your memories; some blogger has surely captured what you're nostalgically yearning for. show less

I'm enjoying this cookbook a lot, both for reading and cooking. It's great fun to browse! The recipes I've tried have worked out well, too. For example, the Mac & cheese variant was interesting and very tasty, and I'm now using parts of it in my go-to version.

This is straightforward American comfort food, for the most part.

I liked this so well I boought a used copy off Amazon