The Little house cookbook : frontier foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic stories

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Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Personal Subject:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Cooking, American -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Harper & Row,

Publication Date:

1979

ISBN:

9780060264185

9780060264192

Publication Information:

New York : Harper & Row, c1979.

Call Number:

J 641.5 WALKER

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This award-winning cookbook features more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles in her classic Little House books. A great gift for Little House fans and anyone who wants more information about what life on the prairie was really like.

With this cookbook, you can learn how to make classic frontier dishes like corn dodgers, mincemeat pie, cracklings, and pulled molasses candy. The book also includes excerpts from the Little House books, fascinating and thoroughly researched historical context, and details about the cooking methods that pioneers like Ma Ingalls used, as well as illustrations by beloved artist Garth Williams.

This is a chance to dive into the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer, women's club member, and farm homesteader.

This book has been widely praised and is the winner of the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The Horn Book praised it as "a culinary and literary feast."

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Acknowledgments	p. x
Foreword	p. xiii
1 Food in the Little Houses	p. 3
2 The Cook's Domain	p. 8
3 Staples from the Country Store	p. 14
4 Foods from the Woods, Wilds, and Waters	p. 33
5 Foods from Tilled Fields	p. 64
6 Foods from Gardens and Orchards	p. 99
7 Foods from the Barnyard	p. 141
8 Thirst Quenchers and Treats	p. 180
Glossary	p. 219
Metric Conversion Charts	p. 224
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 233

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