Mormon Family Cookbook

by Helen Thackeray, Beth Nelms Brown, Maurine Hegsted

The Mormon Family Cookbook presents a collection of tested-and-proven recipes that focus on good eating for everyday family meals as well as those special occasions when the Latter-day Saints gather together. Many of the recipes fit the Mormon family especially well because of emphasis in the Church on certain aspects of everyday life and because families and family life are so important to the Saints

Genres: Cookbooks

180 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1982

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a vintage cookbook of sorts, documenting some of the popular food culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s Jell-O Belt. I find it really quite amusing, and it does have some good recipes mixed in with the others that make me cringe (as does some of the out-dated commentary by the well-meaning, home ec.-instructing authors). This cookbook has my favorite whole-wheat bread recipe, pie-crust recipe, and I love the banana-split dessert (with my modifications).

It is divided into sections including "Love Thy Neighbor" (food-gifts); "Family Home Evening" (special family night recipes); "Meet Together Often" (pot-luck dishes); "In the Season Thereof" (recipes for seasonal produce); "Enjoy Your Year's Supply" (food-storage dishes); "Pioneer Heritage" (traditional pioneer dishes); "Hurry-up Meals" (for those busy days); and "Strictly Elegant" (when you want something a bit more impressive).