Recipe Swap: Cookbooks are birthday gifts with excellent taste

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

It is always exciting to get a new cookbook, and for my recent birthday I got two. My sister, Pat, gave me "The Amish Cook at Home: Simple Pleasures of Food, Family and Faith." It is filled with beautiful photographs, stories about the Amish faith community and, of course, great-sounding recipes. The second cookbook, "Down Home with The Neelys, A Southern Family Cookbook," came from my cousin, Cindy Dude. Today I will pull a few recipes from both books and share them with you in hopes you will enjoy them while planning your week's menu. To Pat and Cindy, thanks for making my birthday special.

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