Comments from Our Readers

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General

• …A sense of connection once more
• Wow!
• I appreciate your extensive knowledge…
• …Leafing through Food Arts…
• …Great cookbooks and stories
• Your books are such fun to read!
• …I can't put it down until I'm finished
• …My friend and I grabbed every one of your wonderful cookbooks…
• …Now I own 65 [of your] books
• I buy every new bread book you have…
• The Victorian ones have been favorites
• Interested in First Ladies
• I…am building quite a collection
• Already have 20–25…
• Your books are so great
• …Door prizes…
• …Looking forward to savoring more…
• …One to add to my collection
• On a cold, snowy, winter night
• …Received many compliments
• Rescuing the regional past
• They do not stay neatly stacked on the shelf
• …“Out-of-this-world ”!!!!
• …Civil War re-enactor…
• Re-enactor in California
• …Enjoy the history you add…
• I love your books!
• …I think they are just wonderful!
• …They are marvels
• Books gone far and wide at Christmas
• …For special birthday gifts, too
• A great amount of work…
• …Impressed by their interesting contents…
• …One of the easiest vendors…
• Helped in research of Civil War foods
• Fans for years
• …Make great gifts
• What a pleasure…to sell your books
• Wonderful
• How happy people are to have your history-laden cookbooks
• Anthropology: food and culture
• …Quite a service to the state and the region

Apple Country Cooking

• …Enjoyed tremendously your Apple Country Cooking…
• Midwest Apple Pie Cake: Marvelous, rave reviews!
• Want More Copies of Apple Country Cooking
• One of my favorite cookbooks…
• …Delightful
• …Fascinating — unique — GREAT cookbooks
• …Much like Johnny Appleseed himself…

At the Table in Colonial America 1700–1776

• A School Project
• Your books help us…

A Bowl of Soup, a Crust of Bread, and Thou

• A Bowl of Soup, a Crust of Bread, and Thou: Great!

Civil War Plants and Herbs

• …Excellent!

Colonial Christmas Cooking

• I enjoy the contemporary references to colonial life…
• …Marvelous booklet…

Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook

• …Enjoyed your Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook…

Confederate Camp Cooking

• They especially liked the “Roasted Rat”

Confederate Home Cooking

• …Purchased one of your books — Confederate Home Cooking…
• …Wonderful treasure
• …A strong line of Southern women

Cooking for the Cause

• …Cooking for the Cause is excellent
• I plan to keep the book…
• I collect cookbooks…
• …Helpful to my research
• …I enjoyed it thoroughly
• …Excellent reading…
• …Love it

Cooking in Young America

• Delicious Spoon Bread
• …Enjoyed your book…

Crumbs Between the Covers

• I enjoy the personal touches…
• …Anxious to try some of the great recipes!
• …My mouth is watering!

Dining Cars and Depots

• …Recently purchased your Dining Cars and Depots…
• …Love it

Four Centuries of American Herbs

• Really enjoyed Four Centuries of American Herbs
• Lively style
• I especially like…
• Great book
• Historical aspect fascinating

French Cooking in Early America

• I purchased your book French Cooking in Early America…
• …Impressed with the amount of historical data and research
• French Biscuits disappeared as if by magic

The Good Land

• …So much information about early America
• I enjoyed it

The Great American Apple

• …Enjoyed reading your book called The Great American Apple
• So many ways to use apples
• …Enjoyed several recipes…

Grist Mill Quick Loaf Breads

• …I loved every one of them
• …Two more copies…
• …Best recipe book I've ever had

Just Naturally Sweet

• …Looked through Just Naturally Sweet and love it!
• …Full of yummies I can eat

A Lick and a Promise

• I've recently searched…

Loaves of Love

• Loaves of Love Nine Years Later
• …Blessed by your cookbook Loaves of Love
• Copy of Loaves of Love Bought in Tennessee
• Loaves of Love: Easy to Follow and Delicious
• …Came across your Loaves of Love in the Lightstone kitchen
• …Yours are the ones I come back to…
• …A fan of your cookbook…

Northern Ladies' Civil War Recipes

• You've certainly hit a goldmine…
• …I really like the recipes…

Pack the Skillet

• The dishes are still in the sink

Real South Cooking

• …One of the better ones

Refreshments Now and Then

• Refreshments Now and Then is such FUN!
• …So many wonderful titles…

Revolutionary Recipes

• …Bought your Revolutionary Recipes in Philadelphia…
• …Beautifully done
• What a delight…
• …Enjoyed it very much
• …Impressed with the research…

Salad Days

• …Enchanted — and am ordering more

Simply Scrumptious Southern Sweets

• …I picked up two of your cookbooks…

Soul on Rice

• Soul on Rice: Gullah/Geechee Parallels
• On sweet potato pudding
• I have always wanted such a resource…
• …Quite informative…
• …Enjoying the history information…
• …Educational and good recipes
• Similarities to West African

Southern Born and BREAD

• …Enjoyed the book — both cooking and reading
• The recipes are wonderful!
• I LOVED the comic story…
• …Particularly pleased with Simplicity Bread

Suited to a Tea

• …Thoroughly enjoyed

Sweet 'n' Slow

• Recipes: they're all good

The Take-It-Easy Good-Times Cookbook

• …Your wonderful books!

True Grist

• They're selling like “HOT CAKES”
• Tonight I plan on using the recipe…
• …I'm thrilled with your True Grist

Union Army Camp Cooking

• …I found it very helpful
• I've certainly enjoyed reading it…
• I collect specialty cookbooks…

Victorian Christmas Celebration Cookbook

• …Enjoyed contrasting our family traditions…
• …Your writing compelling…

Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties

• …Your publication Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties…
• …Lovely little book Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties…
• …Beautiful and entertaining Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties
• Much Enjoyed Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties
• …A welcome addition…
• …Such a neat little book…
• Great success in Houston
• …Charming
• I have been quite captivated…
• …I love it
• …To my local preservation society

Victorian Travel and Pleasures of the Table

• …Enchanted

Waking Up Down South

• …Would like another for myself
• …Had to have

Well, Bless Your Heart! Volumes I and II

• I've really enjoyed…
• My mom shared her Well, Bless Your Heart! Vol. I and II with me…
• …A special request for one of your titles…
• …How thrilled I was”
• The Oat Raisin Drop Biscuits are GREAT!!!!
• I am in the Healthy Eating/Remedies business

Yanks, Rebels, Rats, & Rations

• …Wonderful book…
• …I kept sampling until I had to make MORE!
• …Quotes brought tears to my eyes

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