The Amish Cook: Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family

299 Pages·2002·5.08 MB·English

by  Coblentz

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Copyright © 2002 by Kevin L. Williams, Oasis Newsfeatures, Inc.
Photographs copyright © 2002 by Laurie Smith
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except brief excerpts for the
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Cover and text design by Nancy Austin
Photographs on this page, this page, and this page are courtesy of Bill Coleman (www.AmishPhoto.com).
All other photographs by Laurie Smith.
Some of the material in this book was originally published in The Amish Cook Cookbook, copyright © 1993
by Kevin L. Williams, Oasis Newsfeatures, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Coblentz, Elizabeth.
Recollections and recipes from an old order Amish family / Elizabeth
Coblentz with Kevin Williams.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-10: 1-58008-214-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-58008-214-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60774-669-0
1. Cookery, Amish. 2. Amish—United States—Social life and customs. I. Williams, Kevin. II. Title.
TX715 .C643 2002
641.5’66—dc21
2002004200
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In Memoriam
Benjamin Coblentz
(1931–2000)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A History of the Amish
The Recipes
CHAPTER 1: Breakfast
CHAPTER 2: Dinner
CHAPTER 3: Supper
CHAPTER 4: Desserts
CHAPTER 5: Sundays and Special Occasions
Tribute to Ben
Appendix: Basic Recipes
About the Photographs
Index
Acknowledgments
Thanks goes to my daughters Verena and Susan, who still live at home with
me. Also thank you to all my children and their families, including my
daughters Liz, Leah, Lovina, and Emma, and my sons, Amos and Albert. I
could not have written this book without your support and encouragement.
—Elizabeth Coblentz
Special thanks to Cathy and Bill Patterson for your meticulous recipe testing and
tasting, and to Sharon Fuge and Jessica Alcorn for your time and effort. Thanks
also to my wonderful girlfriend, Rachel Diver, for your patience and
encouragement, and for serving as a sample reader and supporter. And a final
thank you to my parents, Jim and Rita, and my brother, Geoff, for your support
throughout my Amish odyssey.
Special thanks also goes to our project editor, Julie Bennett, and the folks at
Ten Speed Press for their incredible patience and respect for Amish cultural
traditions. Without this sensitivity this project would not have been possible, and
the result is a book unparalleled in its authenticity.
—Kevin Williams
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