It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
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Today's Wild Card authors are:
and the book:
Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (October 1, 2012)
***Special thanks to Ginger Chen for sending me a review copy.***
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Tina Eicher was born and married in the Amish faith, surrounded by a mother and sisters who were great Amish cooks. At fellowship meals and family gatherings, Tina’s dishes receive high praise and usually return empty. She and her husband, Jerry Eicher, author of several bestselling Amish fiction titles, are the parents of four children and live in Virginia.
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SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:
List Price: $ 14.99
Spiral-bound: 272 pages
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (October 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0736943773
ISBN-13: 978-0736943772
AND NOW...A FEW RECIPES FOR YOU TO TRY (CLICK ON PICTURES TO SEE THEM LARGER):
Review: This cookbook is a really good general cookbook, and one that I would highly recommend as a wedding or housewarming present! It is a very well rounded cookbook! Many of the recipes are ones that are very similar to our family recipes (as grandma was a Yankee! LOL). Some of them are not what you think of when you think Amish food (Steak Fajitas for example) , and other that you do (like Sour Cream Cookies). I like the book being spiral bound, as that way it can lay flat on the counter, or up against something while you are cooking! The Amish humor and comments on the sides of the book are funny and heartening ("we don't realize how wonderful today is until tomorrow"). We highly recommend the cookbook! Here is a recipe from the book that is perfect to take to a pot luck, and one that we have used for years!
Slow Cooked Coffee Roast
ingredients:
1 boneless beef sirloin tip roast (2-1/2 pounds), cut in half
2 tsp canola oil
1-1/2 cps sliced fresh mushrooms
1/3 cp sliced green onions
2 garlic cloves, minced
1-1/2 cps day old brewed coffee
1 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 tspn salt
1/2 tspn chili powder
1/4 tspn pepper
1/4 cp cornstarch
1/3 cp cold water
Instructions:
1. In a large nonstick skillet, brown roast on all sides in oil over medium-high heat.
2. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker.
3. In the same skillet, saute mushrooms, onions and garlic until tender. Stir in the coffee, liquid smoke, salt, chili powder and pepper. Pour over roast.
4. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender.
5. Remove roast and keep warm. Pour cooking juices into a 2-cup measuring cup; skim fat.
6. In a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir in 2 cups cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
7. Serve with beef. Yield: 6 servings.
About the Authors: Jerry Eicher's bestselling Amish fiction (more than 210,000 in combined sales) includes The Adams County Trilogy, the Hannah's Heart books, and the Little Valley Series. After a traditional Amish childhood, Jerry taught for two terms in Amish and Mennonite schools in Ohio and Illinois. Since then he's been involved in church renewal, preaching, and teaching Bible studies. Jerry lives with his wife, Tina, and their four children in Virginia. Tina Eicher was born and married in the Amish faith, surrounded by a mother and sisters who were great Amish cooks. At fellowship meals and family gatherings, Tina's dishes receive high praise and usually return empty. She and her husband, Jerry Eicher, author of several bestselling Amish fiction titles, are the parents of four children and live in Virginia.
Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, for review purposes on this blog, free of charge, from First Wild Card. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.
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