Book Review

Food From an American Farm (1991)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Writer: Janeen Aletta Sarlin; Genres: Cooking/Home, Nonfiction; Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Food From an American Farm is a family scrapbook of recipes, reminiscences, and old photos of just plain folks. Janeen Sarlin, who grew up on a Minnesota dairy farm, piles on the cream, butter, and corny country phrases. The book begins with the makings of those huge farm breakfasts that you'd need a few hours in the fields to appreciate, and ends with directions for reenacting Grams' annual soap-making ritual. It's all as genuine as the dickens. B

Originally posted Sep 27, 1991 Published in issue #85 Sep 27, 1991 Order article reprints

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