The Potluck Club Cookbook
by Eva Marie Everson
& Linda Evans Shepherd
Reviewed by Rel Mollet
"I succumbed to the simple pleasure of reading a cookbook from cover to cover!"
If you have been reading Christian Fiction long enough, you will have stumbled across novels that include a recipe or two as an added bonus to your reading pleasure, some concoction one of the characters has successfully or unsuccessfully cooked as part of the story! The Potluck Club series and the follow up series, the Potluck Catering Club, co authored by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson are novels well known for a tasty recipe or two. No doubt following from some positive feedback, the authors have taken the idea a step further and released a companion cookbook to their series, simply titled The Potluck Club Cookbook.
With the tag line, "Easy recipes to enjoy with family and friends",
I succumbed to the simple pleasure of reading a cookbook from cover to
cover! Recipes with minimal ingredients, most to be found in any well
rounded pantry, with easy to follow instructions range from crock pot
gems, salads, breads and desserts to vegie dishes, breakfasts, mains
and casseroles, all seemingly tasty and simple.
As an Australian, I was
intrigued by certain ingredients ~ liquid smoke, Karo syrup, Cool Whip
and Cheese Whiz ~ and the required use of cake mix in many recipes. Thankfully,
a metric conversion guide at the back of the book put weights into perspective
and I turned my hand to cooking! I can recommend the Sloppy Joes from
a Crock-Pot (minus the crock-pot - I used my fry pan on the stove top)
although I learned quickly how hot Chili Sauce can be and the Chicken
Cacciatore worked well in my oven and was so very easy. I have my eye
on the Old-fashioned Corn Bread and Eva's Mango Salad next!
Rel
Mollet is
a lawyer, wife and mother of three young daughters and lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Reading has been her passion since childhood. She is a Book Club Co-ordinator
and has her own blog ~ relzreviewz ~ dedicated to reviews and author interviews
with the sole aim to support authors writing from a Christian worldview. She
believes Sir Francis Bacon's (1561 - 1626) creed, "Reading is to the mind
what exercise is to the body".
