The Reading Continues

Book # 14 of 2010 is...

Stina - The Story of a Cook

by Herman Smith

This book was given to me by Judy Werner and it is an old treasure!  It is a book written by a man who remembers the cook of his childhood and tells her story as he remembers it.  Each chapter is filled with her recipes and they are old fashioned but delicious sounding.  I have made a few things from this book including a cucumber salad and herb garden eggs and I hope to try champagne watermelon and apple blossom ice cream among others.  This is a fun book because it is a story with a cookbook imbedded in it.  A beautiful story, wonderful recipes, and old time rememberances that paint vivid pictures of farm life that will never be again.