Cookbooks

Cooking, Scandinavian – By Karen Berg Douglas.
Features artwork by the great Swedish master, Carl Larsson.
Attractive color cover of traditional Scandinavian treats. Recipes include Swedish coffee bread, chocolate balls, Norwegian fried cookies, Swedish cheese cakes, butterscotch dessert, Finnish fruit soup, and Swedish nuts.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 120 pages. ISBN 0-941016-88-9

Cooking, Scandinavian – Compiled by Melinda Bradnan.
This colection includes a variety of recipes for the smallest or largest catch with Scandinavian expertise for using the bounty of the sea.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 155 pages. ISBN 1-932043-14-4

Cooking, Scandinavian – By Karen Berg Douglas, Lansing, Michigan.
Rosemaling in color on the cover. Features traditional foods of all five Scandinavian countries. Recipes include nutty cheese crispies, Danish wine cooler, sourdough pumpernickel, Norwegian crispbread delight, Swedish brown beans, Finnish meatballs, Icelandic pancakes, and rice pudding.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 160 pages. ISBN 0-941016-85-4

Cooking, Scandinavian – By Michelle Nagle Spencer.
Recipes and reflections on the traditions, sites, and events associated with the holidays observed by Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Americans.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3- 1/2″, 160 pages. ISBN 0-941016-60-9

Cooking, Polish – Edited by Jacek and Malgorzata Nowakowski.
Features a great variety of flavorful regional foods, such as hot beer, vegetable soup, leek salad, graham bread, Polish hunter’s stew, stuffed baked turkey, potato pancakes, dill pickles, nut roll, gingerbread, and royal mazurkas.
This book also includes information on dyeing traditional brown Easter eggs and a table grace.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 160 pages. ISBN 0-941016-63-3

Cooking, Norwegian – This is an edited reprint of a book released at the time of the Minnesota State Fair celebrating 100 years of Norwegian immigration to America. Norma Wangness, a gold medal winner of rosemaling competition, designed the front cover. Her beautiful painting of a plate is on the back cover.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, approx. 170 pages. Available late spring 2008
ISBN 1-932043-45-4

Cooking, Norwegian – A mini version of our wildly successful 1974 Vesterheim cookbook, this title features more than 65 recipes from the original, plus exquisite photos of silver pieces from Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. Recipes include cauliflower soup, fish and shrimp in pastry shells, pork tenderloin, glazed carrots, rye bread, sour cream waffles, duchess cake, stacked cookies, red berry pudding with cream, and apple pie.
Spiral-bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 142 pages. ISBN 1-932043-27-6

Cooking, Norwegian – Norwegian-American cooks are known for their use of almond and dill for delicate and flavorful seasonings. This handy book features a variety of tastes, including the old favorites of delicious cookies, light cakes, sweet breads, and lefse, and the traditional root vegetables. Try fruit juice glogg, cheese soup, strawberry nut bread, baked trout, potato balls, almond cake, caramel ice, and much more.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 170 pages. ISBN 1-932043-04-7

Cooking, New Mexico – Revised and Expanded
Compiled and illustrated by Esther Feske, graphic artist who lives in Albuquerque, NM.
Introduces spicy cooking of the Southwest with traditional dishes. Fast and easy recipes. New creations using traditional ingredients, plus, highlights of “The Land of Enchantment.” Recipes were collected by members of the New Mexico Federation of Business and Professional Women.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 164 pages. ISBN 1-932043-05-5

Cooking, Missouri – Available in May, the book features the best recipes of the Show Me state including the St. Louis Arch, the Kansas City skyline, a nice quote and scene from the Truman Library in Independence. Recipes by Julie Broski of Kansas City.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, approx. 170 pages.
ISBN 1-932043-56-X

Cooking, Minnesota – Minnesotan author has a longstanding reputation for good home cooking. Recipes from the Land of 10,000 Lakes include creamy wild rice soup, blueberry bars, sour cream apple squares, hot spiced percolator punch, Finnish pea soup, raised doughnuts, Viking bar-b-ques, and raspberry crisp. Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 160 pages. ISBN 1-57216-028-4

Cooking, Mexican – Midwest Independent Publishers Association 2007 prize winner!
From “antojitos” (appetizers) to “postres” (desserts) – your favorite Mexican recipes have been complied by Carol Blakely into this popular Penfield “stocking stuffer” format. Over 100 traditional and popular recipes with their Spanish and English names can be found in this useful book. Tostadas, Quesadillas Mexicanas, Tortillas de Masa, Enchiladas, Tacos, Tamales, Jalapeno Relish, Lime Soup, Mole Poblano, Fajitas, Ceviche, Frijoles Refritos, Arroz Verde, Tortilla Soup, Fried Christmas Cookies, and of course, a recipe for the classic Margarita are all included.
Interesting information about Mexican festivals, sayings, and riddles can also be found tucked in with the recipes, as well as useful information on how to soften tortillas and what to make for Cinco de Mayo.
Spiral bound, 174 pages. ISBN: 1-932043-43-8

Cooking, Italian – Featuring California Wineries.
This book includes recipes from earlier Penfield publications now out of print. California winery favorites include baked lasagne Bolognese style, steamed mussels, and braised beef short ribs in Zinfandel. Other recipes in the book include lentil and Italian sausage soup, fennel salad, pizza in the rustic style, Italian pepper steak, large tortellini, eggplant patties, and Gino’s tiramisu. Book also gives information on pasta, Italian cheeses, olive oil, and wines.
Spiral bound, 170 pages, 3-1/2 x 5-1/2″. ISBN 1-57216-092-6

Cooking, Irish – Compiled by Joanne Asala
Authentic recipes from great cooks in Ireland and from Irish Americans. Features charming facts and lore. Recipes include hot mulled ale, scones, cheese toast, fish soup, baked onions, oyster souffl?, traditional spiced beef, and baked almond pudding.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 120 pages. ISBN 0-97170259-4

Cooking, Iowa – A revised edition of an old Penfield favorite has an expanded Sites and Events section. Typical recipes include an Amish-Mennonite Tapioca Pudding from Kalona; Czech Kolaches from the Czech Village, Cedar Rapids; a Danish Kringle from Elk Horn; Norwegian Rye Bread from Decorah; or Dutch Currant Bread from Pella. Band night, church social, or just backyard ice cream recipes preserve a culture that still prevails in many Iowa communities. There are prize recipes for preserving the bounty of the backyard garden, including pickles, chutneys, jams, and jellies. And with an air of “State Fair,??? recipes for meats and poultry abound, along with breads, pies, cakes, and cookies.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, 166 pages. ISBN 1-932043-25-X

Cooking, German – Compiled by Lynn Hattery-Beyer.
Recipes include Berlin punch, German coleslaw, hearty barley soup, raisin bread, sauerbraten, cauliflower in white sauce, and Black Forest cherry cake. Book includes German-American sites, folk art designs, table blessings, traditions, and familiar German words.
Spiral bound, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2″, 160 pages. ISBN 1-932043-50-0

Cooking, German – A handy, stocking-stuffer-sized version of our German-American Life Recipes and Traditions, is packed full of more than 100 recipes, plus tidbits about German culture. Try iced coffee, ham and cheese toast, vegetable broth with dumplings, German-style potato salad, pretzels, German rye bread, Sauerbraten, cod in herbed sauce, apple streusel pie, honey cookies, and more.
168 pages. ISBN 1-932043-34-9

Cooking, French – Mary Lou Hattery, who has studied cooking in France, compiled a collection of French recipes. Photographs for the covers are ones taken by Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret while on a barge trip on the river Seine north to Normandy, accompanied by her spouse, Dwayne, and friends. The cover view of the Eiffel tower at midnight was exciting and best taken from the middle of the river. The Eiffel tower with the Statue of Liberty replica is inside the book.
Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2″, approx. 170 pages. Available late spring 2008.
ISBN 9781932043471