The Amish Cooks Anniversary Book
20 Years of Food Family and Faith
by Lovina Eicher, Kevin Williams
Price: $24.99
ISBN-13: 9780740797651
ISBN-10: 0740797654
Format: Hardcover
Size: 7 X 9 in.
Page Count: 304 Pages

The Amish Cook’s Baking Book
by Lovina Eicher, Kevin Williams
Price: $29.99
ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-8547-4
ISBN-10: 0-7407-8547-8
Format: Hardcover
Size: 10 x 9 in.
Page Count: 224 pages

The Amish Cook at Home
Simple Pleasures of Food, Family, and Faith
by Lovina Eicher and Kevin Williams
Price: $29.99
ISBN-13: 978-0-7407-7372-3
ISBN-10: 0-7407-7372-0
Format: Hardcover
Size: 10 x 9 in.
Page Count: 224 pages

“Whether or not you are Amish, whether or not you are religious, you may find hope and solace in the plain writing, hard work and busy lives chronicled in these books. ” ––Nevada Appeal http://bit.ly/evQcrk
“Twenty years ago, Elizabeth Coblentz began writing a column called The Amish Cook, which detailed her daily life as a mother, grandmother and Amish wife. Her columns reflected farm and family life as it must have been lived a century or so earlier. When Coblentz died, her daughter Lovina Eicher, a wife and mother of eight, took over the column, opening the door to Amish life and sharing recipes of dishes prepared from the bounty of their farm.” ––The Herald-Palladium http://bit.ly/bISGR5
“[The Amish Cook's Anniversary Book] chronicles the newspaper articles about Amish life that [Lovina Eicher's] mother wrote for many years. It is called The Amish Cook’s Anniversary Book: 20 Years of Food, Family, and Faith and is filled with wonderful stories about the life of the Amish people in her area of the US. The book is also sprinkled with delicious recipes for things like homemade ice cream, baked French toast, and classic Pumpkin Roll. … It is a charming book with from-the-heart stories of Amish life. It’s a great read and a peek into the real live of today’s Amish people.” ––Cooking Nook http://bit.ly/bUvPPU
Part cookbook, part cultural education, and part family memoir, The Amish Cook’s Anniversary Book: 20 Years of Food, Family, and Faith celebrates two decades of home and hearth straight from the pens of the original Amish Cook, Elizabeth Coblentz, and her daughter and successor, Lovina Eicher.
The Amish Cook’s Anniversary Book contains the best of columns from twenty years of the nationally syndicated “The Amish Cook” archives, providing a rare glimpse into Amish life. This beautiful treasury features reflections on Amish history and lore, with detailed accounts of special events like weddings, funerals, church services, butchering days, and holidays. Scattered throughout the book are:
Over 30 classic recipes for delicious dishes like Cucumber Salad, Rhubarb Custard Pie, Poor Man’s Steak, Asparagus Casserole, and much more.

Monthly columns coupled with stunning full-color photographs depicting the day-to-day life of the Amish.
Personal letters written by Coblentz to editor Kevin Williams that give an even closer look into the Amish Cook’s life.
The Amish Cook’s Anniversary Book is more than a collection of mouth-watering recipes; it is also a charming and captivating look into the joyful lives of the Amish people.
“The big, colorful cookbook with more than 100 recipes is by Lovina Eicher, who writes the syndicated newspaper column “The Amish Cook.” She is a member of The Old Order Amish, who dress plainly, use horse and buggy for transportation and typically do not have electricity or phones in their homes. Lovina lives with her husband and eight children in Michigan. Like her column, the cookbook is more than a collection of recipes; its pages also tell a remarkable story about the simplicity of life among the Amish, their devotion to family and faith, and their great love of baking. It is a practical cookbook, but one with beautiful images of food and unusual photographs of the bakers: Little hands dusting fry pies with powdered sugar, others frosting big cookies. Bigger hands working an egg beater and rolling out dough. You’ll see no faces — something the Amish do not allow to be photographed.” ––BND.com http://bit.ly/cYG6Rb
“While The Amish Cook at Home was more of a peek into the Amish world and culture through food, The Amish Cook’s Baking Book focuses a bit closer on the recipes, although there are still plenty of enjoyable stories about the Amish way of baking and Lovina’s own personal stories as well. … With this next installment in the series, Lovina has truly outdone herself, bringing a huge sampling of wonderful looking Amish baking recipes. … For someone who loves to bake, this is a treasure trove of delicious recipes. … The Amish Cook’s Baking Book would make an excellent gift for any home baker, especially one interested in Amish foods. Recommended” ––Lavender Blue http://heatherfeather-lavenderblue.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookbook-review-baking-with-amish-cook.html
“The Amish Cook’s Baking Book by Lovina Eicher is a book that brings us back in time. … Lovina’s wonderful baking book is a perfect cookbook for our revived interest in home cooking. It is filled with over 100 recipes for delicious Amish home baked goodies. … I love this book. It will be a well used part of my cookbook library for many years to come.” ––Cooking Nook http://www.cookingnook.com/amish-cooks-baking-book.html
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“This book is really one woman’s account of her life as part of an Amish community, her daily activities and chores with her family and church, her seasonal gardening, and her family history. This a peek into her unique life, something to be read and enjoyed, with recipes included along the way to highlight each season. The book is studded with breathtakingly beautiful photographs by Betsy Blanton, depicting not only some of the lovely recipes included in the book, but also charming images of the Amish community.” ––Lavender Blue http://heatherfeather-lavenderblue.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookbook-review-amish-cook-at-home.html
“A cultural overview as well as a cookbook, The Amish Cook at Home by Lovina Eicher with Kevin Williams is filled with gorgeous photographs and appealing recipes. In conversational tone, Mrs. Eicher shares her family recipes and stories; as I read, I often felt as though I was reading a personal letter from her. Sidebars include anecdotes about Mrs. Eicher’s family, information about Amish history and culture, and hints on gardening and canning.” ––Frugal Creativity http://frugalcreativity.blogspot.com/2009/07/amish-cook-at-home-review-and-giveaway.html
Bring Home a Taste of Amish Baking
For most of us, the smell of homemade bread baking in the oven is a luxury, one made unaffordable by hectic schedules in a fast-paced world. But for the Amish, baking is a necessity and enjoyment of everyday life. This dedication to live simply and unchanged by time is why millions visit Amish country each year. That, and the food!
Lovina Eicher, celebrated cook and author of The Amish Cook at Home, offers a slow-paced journey through this delicious world of Amish baking in her latest offering, The Amish Cook’s Baking Book (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $29.99).
The book is filled with more than 100 recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, breads, brownies, and bars, all made from scratch, using tools and techniques that have been passed down through generations. The 80 beautiful photographs, sidebars from Lovina’s children, and interesting insights into Amish life, both in and outside the kitchen, make this book a journey into authentic Amish baking, the kind found only if you stray from the main routes and explore the back roads and communities.
As the “eat local” and slow food movements continue to grow, The Amish Cook’s Baking Book brings the soothing simplicity of using seasonal and local ingredients to make delicious, back-to-basics baked goods.
Together with editor Kevin Williams, Elizabeth Coblentz founded “The Amish Cook” newspaper column and later coauthored the column’s namesake inaugural cookbook. Today, Elizabeth’s daughter Lovina Eicher pens the column that continues to share Amish culture, tradition, and recipes with a nationally syndicated audience of more than 130 newspapers throughout the U.S. Lovina lives in Michigan with her husband, Joe, and their eight children. Kevin lives in Ohio.