Good Food, Simply Prepared: A Collection of Recipes from 3 Generations of the Styrna Family - Softcover

Styrna, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977198642 ISBN 13: 9780977198641

Publisher: Porusta Pub, 2005

Synopsis

New Cookbook Features Three Generations of Comfort Food Heritage "Good Food Simply Prepared: A Collection of Recipes from 3 Generations of the Styrna Family" by Joan Styrna is a different kind of cookbook. Each recipe in this collection from three generations of one Polish/Lithuanian family has a story to tell about the home and culinary values and traditions that influence every modern cook. Each chapter contains not just easy and tempting recipes, but a history of how they came to this country and how they were passed, and in some ways changed, from grandparent to parent to the author herself. This charming book is the perfect example of a culinary movement that is sweeping the nation simple food made with fresh from the farm ingredients with a nod to our roots. Many of the easy-to-create recipes have been supplemented with a lively anecdote or story that will bring the reader into another time, place and flavor that shows how culinary traditions are made and kept.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Styrna, B.S., Keene State College, New Hampshire, studied at Madeleine Kamman's Modern Gourmet Boston, the San Francisco Culinary Academy, and the Culinary Institute of America. Joan has been both a chef and a teacher. Through the Timberlane Regional School District in Plaistow, NH, Joan developed a culinary arts program, and wrote and taught an extensive curriculum for many years. She resides in coastal New Hampshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Porusta Pub
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977198642
• ISBN 13: 9780977198641
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Lemieux Sheila
• Number of pages: 239