Delicious Amish Recipes or The Gospel of Food

Delicious Amish Recipes

Author: Phyllis Pellman Good

Other Books in the People's Place Series
No. 1
20 Most Asked Questions About the Amish and Mennonites (revision) by Merle and Phyllis Good./ The most common inquiries about these people are answered with insight and accuracy by two leading experts. Lots of photos.

No. 2
A Quiet and Peaceable Life (revision) by John L. Ruth/. A beautiful, poetic selection of photos and text, highlighting the poignant austerity of the plain way. Captures the spirit of the Old Order groups.

No. 3
Plain Buggies-- Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren Horse-Drawn Transportation by Stephen Scott./ A fascinating, thorough explanation of why nearly 100,000 persons refuse to drive cars for religious reasons, who they are, where they live, and the 90-some variations of their vehicles. More than 100 photos.

No. 4
Quilts Among the Plain People by Rachel T. Pellman and Joanne Ranck. /Why this splash of beauty? What are the favorite designs? How has quilting become a part of the very fabric of Amish and Mennonite life? What are the basic how-tos of quiltmaking? Includes stories of quilts and quilters.

No. 5
Delicious Amish Recipes by Phyllis Pellman Good./ A leading expert on Amish life and cooking traditions selects choice recipes which are favorites among these people, known for their plentifully spread tables. Delectable and bursting with flavor! Includes Baked Corn, Chicken Roast, Whoopie Pies, and many more tasty favorites.

No. 6
The Amish School (revision) by Sara E. Fisher and Rachel K. Stahl./ An Old Order Amish woman who used to teach in a one-room Amish school gives a fascinating view of a typical school, teachers' training, books used in Amish schools, and more.
No. 7
Why Do They Dress That Way? by Stephen Scott./ This unique book describes the history, development, and use of hats, bonnets, dresses, overcoats, and other dress of the various groups who "dress plain" for religious reasons.

No. 8
The Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions of the Old Order Communitiesby Stephen Scott./ An expert on Old Order life uses a story approach to provide the most detailed, authentic, and interesting account of the Amish wedding ever published. Other stories depict a funeral, auctions, choosing a minister, and an Old Order meeting. Captures a sense of community.

No. 9
Living Without Electricity by Stephen Scott and Kenneth Pellman./ How do the Amish get along without electric lights or appliances, computers, power tools, or their own phones? Examines the Amish response to technology.

No. 10
The Puzzles of Amish Life (revision) by Donald B. Kraybill./ "Telephones, taboo in homes, stand at the end of farm lanes. State-of-the-art calculators are permissible, but not computers. These perplexing puzzles, however, are quite reasonable when pieced together in the context of Amish history." Donald Kraybill, a sociologist, has provided a way to understand the Amish people's intentional way of living in a world far different from their own.

No. 11
Amish Houses and Barns by Stephen Scott./ Scott examines the history and cultural development of typical Amish houses and barns, using three Amish homesteads as examples. Includes photos and anecdotes.

No. 12
An Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups by Stephen Scott./ The Old Order Mennonites are less well known than the Amish but are similar in many beliefs and practices. Some Old Order Mennonites drive horses and buggies. Others use cars for transportation. What holds these people together? Why are they growing in number? Where do they live? Never before has there been such an inside account of these people and their lives.

People's Place Books are published by The People's Place, a museum and heritage center specializing in Amish and Mennonite life, located in Lancaster County in the village of Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents
About These Recipes
Breads, Rolls, and Buns
Soups
Salads
Vegetables
Main Dishes
Pies
Cakes and Cookies
Pudding, Desserts, and Candies
Jams and Spreads
Beverages
Index
About the Author

Read also Old Time New England Cookbook or Todays Kitchen Cookbook

The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong

Author: Barry Glassner

Enjoy what you eat.

From the author of the national bestseller The Culture of Fear comes a rallying cry to abandon food fads and myths for calmer and more pleasurable eating.

For many Americans, eating is a religion. We worship at the temples of celebrity chefs. We raise our children to believe that certain foods are good and others are bad. We believe that if we eat the right foods, we will live longer, and if we eat in the right places, we will raise our social status. Yet what we believe to be true about food is, in fact, quite contradictory. Offering part expose, part social commentary, sociologist Barry Glassner talks to chefs, food chemists, nutrionists, and restaurant critics about the way we eat. Helping us recognize the myths, half-truths and guilt trips they promulgate, The Gospel of Food liberates us for greater joy at the table.

The New York Times - Kim Severson

… like a magician with a long act and a few great tricks, Glassner makes it worth sitting through the obvious sleight of hand to get to the good parts. In his book's strongest section, he argues against the conventional wisdom on the causes of obesity: that we eat too much and don't exercise enough. A master at the art of dissecting research, he points out that the obesity epidemic — and he's not entirely convinced there is one, or that being overweight is taking years off people's lives — came about through a complex mix of genetic predisposition, economic hardship and antismoking campaigns.

The Washington Post - Rachel Hartigan Shea

If Glassner preaches anything in The Gospel of Food, it is not to trust anybody's pronouncements about what to eat, be they from a scientist, nutritionist or well-respected diet guru. We just don't know enough about how food influences health, he argues. To prove his point, he calls up the then-president of the American Heart Association and asks him for "the percentage that diet contributes to heart disease." In other words, how large an influence is what you eat on the health of your heart? The response? "Wow. That's a very difficult question to answer, frankly." Nobody seems to know the answer.

Publishers Weekly

In his latest debunking project (after The Culture of Fear), sociologist Glassner argues that "everything you think you know about food is wrong." And Glassner really does take on almost everything, from Atkins to vegans, with particularly hard jabs at those who, in the name of nutrition, take the fun out of food. This includes some well-known food writers, the manufacturers of "fat-free" foods, as well as "natural" and "organic" offerings-but surprisingly, he stands up for irradiated "Frankenfoods" and for some processed fast food. Later, he tackles the American obesity "epidemic." Here, too, he finds conventional wisdom more mythic than real, with so much conflicting evidence (the book is formidably researched and footnoted) that he finds himself wondering if obesity really matters and concludes that it probably doesn't, much. Only two conventional bits of wisdom survive Glassner's skeptical approach: the rich really are thinner than the poor, and four-star restaurant cooking really is delicious. Glassner's myth-busting information is useful, but at times he takes jabs in too many directions, losing narrative focus. (Jan. 2) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Frequent sensational headlines and scientific controversies about obesity, fast food, and food safety have left many Americans bewildered about what to eat. Glassner's (sociology, Univ. of Southern California; The Culture of Fear) well-researched and wide-ranging commentary on American eating habits and food-related beliefs offers a welcome antidote to such confusion by examining the veracity of numerous food myths. Casting his clear-eyed, critical gaze on restaurant reviewers, nutrition reformers, McDonald's critics, and corporate food marketers, Glassner succeeds in making a persuasive case that Americans take their concern over healthy eating to unnecessarily extreme levels. As he amusingly skewers one food fad after another, he advocates for a sensibly skeptical and moderate approach to food beliefs that will allow "greater joy and realism at the table." Likely to interest readers of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, Marion Nestle's What To Eat, or Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, this work is recommended for larger public and academic libraries.-Ingrid Levin, Florida Atlantic Univ. Libs., Jupiter Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.