The Church Supper Cookbook: A Special Collection of Over 400 Potluck Recipes from Families and Churches Across the Country

by David Joachim (Editor), Photo Gallery (Illustrator)

As Americans rediscover their connection to food, some of our most treasured family recipes are making their way back to the table. These are not recipes that you can find in any standard cookbook. These recipes have been passed down from generation to generation, picking up the unique touch of each family member that has made them. Traditionally, these recipes are hard to come by. Only the most trusted friends and relatives are privy to them. To find these treasured morsels, The Church Supper Cookbook went straight to the local legends of community cooking: America's small-town cooks. We asked nicely (pleaded in some cases!) and were graced with the good fortune of more than 375 delicious, time-honored dishes from our country's best cooks. The Church Supper Cookbook is meant for home cooks who appreciate the value of the hard-to-find recipe served by a neighbor at a potluck or brought to a holiday gathering by a family member. Every recipe has a special flavor twist or clever cooking technique that makes it unique. Most recipes also include a heartwarming note from the cook. This is the book to turn to when you need to bring a fabulous dish to a family get-together or community function. Almost every recipe can be made ahead and taken along. These dishes are perfect for holidays, Sunday dinners, and weeknights, too. They come together quickly, and the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen. With this book, you're sure to find plenty of new and tasty ways to feed your family. From brunch to dessert, The Church Supper Cookbook has it covered. Among the special features: * Family-size recipes that serve 6 to 8 people * Useful table of cooking equivalents * Recipes to feed a crowd of 15 or 100 * Ingenious cooking shortcuts * Perfect potluck dishes * Over 150 cakes, cookies, pies, and puddings

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

324 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 1957

Reviews

[Sallee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found plenty of good recipes in this book. I would view this book as a family and comfort food type. Some gourmets may look down on this type of food but anytime people and family gather as a group and enjoy eating makes it a winner in my view! In fact, I am making the Ham and Rice casserole and Pennsylvania Dutch Green Beans recipes tonight for dinner along with applesauce and Cheddar cheese drop biscuits with Peanut Butter cake with Peanut Butter chopped peanut icing for dessert. I'd like to think that more people would rather eat that than a radicchio or arugula salad and a miniscule portion of protein. LOL!

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The recipes looked really good, and they were all short and simple. I've saved a bunch of them.

I especially loved the last chapter with recipes for large crowds: turkey salad for 50, coleslaw for 24, 7 dozen dinner rolls, etc. I've read many potluck cookbooks, and this addition made a ton of sense and I don't know why I've never seen it before. Of course potluck books should include big recipes like these, you've got to make enough food for everyone and church suppers can be huge!

There's a chart, too, of how much food you should make for 100 guests. It's in measurements and not portions (5 gallons of soup, 18 pies, 24 quarts of potato salad, etc), but I have some similar charts to help prepare the desserts for my mother's Thanksgiving dinners. They are always incredibly helpful.

[ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent enough cookbook. Last chapter is how to feed a crowd. Oddly enough, there are a dozen or so colored photos of recipes in the middle of my cookbook. Funny thing is... they put two identical sets of those pages in!

[Shirley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great cookbook. I will certainly use the "crowd" recipes when I batch cook. Lots of new "to me" recipes.

[Gato Negro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely buying this for my personal cookbook collection.