Patricia B Mitchell

Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook Patricia B Mitchell

Coming Home for Christmas Cookbook compiles first-hand reminiscences of Christmas from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. 114 numbered pages including index. 29 research notes. 53 recipes. First published as a Compact Edition in 1989; revised in 1991; this Bookshelf Edition published in 2019. This cookbook and its companion volume Sweet Memories of Christmas are based on verbal history obtained from interviews and written surveys involving over a hundred persons. Their recollections span nearly a century. The fascinating responses are the "building blocks" of this work; those answers, recipes, and a happy, nostalgic narrative add up to make this book enjoyable to own, and a perfect gift.