The Homestead Cook: Everyday Favorites to Celebrate Rich, Simple Living - Hardcover

by Jody Bahler (Author)

Simple recipes rooted in a heritage of family, food, and faith

The Homestead Cook celebrates tradition, simplicity, and relationships through classic recipes from a Christian family farmstead. These recipes--from appetizers and beverages to main dishes and desserts--are rich in flavor while using common ingredients to offer simple twists on beloved favorites. If you're looking for a cookbook that will stick around in your kitchen, this is the one. It's a cookbook to pore over rather than pick through; to savor rather than sideline.
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With practical recipes, engaging stories, and beautiful photography, The Homestead Cook is rooted deep in rich heritage. Author Jody Bahler incorporates favorite dishes from her family business, The Homestead, a home-style bakery, deli, and gift shop in Indiana. Many of the dishes have been enjoyed around her family's dinner table for generations--and now are ready to be shared at yours.

Author Biography

Jody L. Bahler is founder and owner of The Homestead, a specialty home-style bakery, deli, and gift shop, where she creates, tests, and tries every recipe. Family-owned by Jody and her husband Mike since 2010, The Homestead is one of the Midwest's top fresh bakeries and has grown to two locations. Jody and her husband have raised five daughters on their family's five-generational farmstead in rural Indiana.