Joanne Lamb Hayes

There are those out there that like to occasionally peruse cookbooks (and you know who you are) but in this case there is more to think about than whether you have all the ingredients on hand. It is interesting to contemplate how much WWI and WWII affected our culture and how adaptive our forebearers were when shortages occurred. There are plenty of examples of propaganda, ration cards and excerpts from women's magazines to keep one up at night or dawdling at the kitchen table over show more coffee.

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ps -- I have made the cocoa icing and the marshmellow topped cake and both came out well. show less

I simply could not resist picking up this book with its baskets of bright, fresh vegetables on the front cover. My interest in CSA (community-supported agriculture) made me do it. To my surprise, I discovered that the book was exactly about CSA, so buying it, even if I found it in Home Goods, was a no-brainer.

It turns out that this is a terrific little book and one I'll be keeping. It is arranged according to seasons - the "in" thing for cookbooks and books about food now. However, it also show more talks about each seasonal group of produce within its own season. Included are simple but interesting recipes which I've yet to try, but they sound easy enough to make and different enough that I'll find trying them fun. In addition, there are blurbs from farmers who are involved with CSAs. Finally, there is good resource material in the back of the book as well as an index to the recipes.

This book seems to have been made just for me. I'm enjoying it now and am keeping it for the future. ( ) show less

I love cookbooks, so I've been savoring this one. each chapter has a historical introduction on the whys and how the recipes in the chapter were developed. I found it really neat.
the recipes are interesting, weird, and sometimes gross, but there were quite a few I plan of trying (especially the sweets!). this might be good for a family struggling with today's prices. there were lots of tips on 'stretching' food.

I loved this one. A couple pages of facts and history before each chapter of recipes fascinated me. There were pictures and anecdotes and ads from WWII. A lot of these recipes reminded me of things my grandmother made and brought back some good memories. Some of these would be good for right now as well with food so expensive.