Lifespice

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Summary: Yummy book!
Review: Daina Chamness combines down-home common sense with a delicous helping of fantastic recipes. If you like cookbooks, you will love this wonderful collection of Hoosier dishes.

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Summary: Feed your body and your spirit with LifeSpice
Review: LifeSpice is not only packed full of delicious, easy and one of a kind recipes like Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie, Purple Cow(an ice cream treat your kids will LOVE to make and eat!) Heritage Yeast Bread...and an incredible dessert recipe for a pie that uses Pinto Beans ( Coconuty, chewy, nougat center-delicious and your guests will never guess the secret ingredient!)...LifeSpice is a good read! Not only has Daina gathered some of the best recipes in Indiana, she includes a specific story or saying to go along with the dish- giving it extra meaning for both the cook and the diner. My favorite, "Don't waste your time wrestling with a pig. You'll both get dirty and the pig will like it!". Don't miss this gathering of great food and wit!!

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Summary: Whimsy, Humor, Philosophy
Review: This book has it all! Immediately after finishing my copy, I ordered a bunch for friends and family. I wanted everyone to enjoy the delightful stories and whimsical humor. It's a wonderful glimpse into a largely vanished era and lifestyle, a peek into the past. All of that, in combination with simple homespun wisdom and tasty recipes. And yes, I've actually tried some of the recipes!

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Summary: Whimsy, Humor, Philosophy
Review: This book has it all! Immediately after finishing my copy, I ordered a bunch for friends and family. I wanted everyone to enjoy the delightful stories and whimsical humor. It's a wonderful glimpse into a largely vanished era and lifestyle, a peek into the past. All of that, in combination with simple homespun wisdom and tasty recipes. And yes, I've actually tried some of the recipes!

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Summary: Midwestern Words of Wisdom... and Comfort Food!
Review: This is a delightful collection of recipes spiced with the author's personal memories which mixes to make an unbeatable combination. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and particularly love the recipes for beef stew and cornbread sticks. This book is a keepsake which I know I will use over and over. This is an author that bears watching--she is obviously going places! I highly recommend this book to everyone.

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Summary: Midwestern Words of Wisdom... and Comfort Food!
Review: You know, when you've had a rough day, nothing's better than talking with your family and eating a heaping plate full of food that will make your heart beg for mercy. Lifespice is filled with the kind of stories that get passed down for generations and changed a little bit with each telling. They're the kind of stories that get told around the family dinner table over a damn good hearty meal.

Sure, the recipes are the kind of thing that would make Wolfgang Puck hide under the couch and burst into tears, but who names their kid "Wolfgang Puck" anyway? They're simple, traditional, fattening, and very, very satisfying.

The food is delicious, the stories both warm and touching. If you grew up in the midwest, this book will feel like some home. It's like having you family over for dinner except there's no eucre game afterwards and nobody's whining about Bobby Knight.

If ya can't tell, I loved this book! I left the midwest years ago and this book really makes me feel at home, no matter where I am. It's a great gift for midwestern escapees!