The Honey Cookbook

By Juliette Elkon

Book Overview

Reprint of the 1955 book. This is the first general book of honey recipes to be published. The author researched ancient honey cookery and found best-known recipes were in use earlier than A.D. 1600.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446658197
• ISBN13: 9780446658195
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Paperback Library
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

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From back cover~

Honey - The natural sweetener for good flavor and good health. How do you satisfy a sweet tooth without consuming too much refined white sugar? Here are more than 250 superb recipes from all over the world to solve the problem. A Scotch pudding, fragrant with heather honey; heart-shaped Greek cookies, mellomakaruna, dipped in honey after baking; French pain d'epices, a spicy, crusty, honey-sweetened bread; Norwegian pancakes with a lemon-honey topping; a simple but delicious mango sherbet from Mexico; and an intricate Persian peach delight, which is worth all the trouble of making it. But this isn't just a bread-and-desserts cookbook. There are recipes for hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, entrees, pickles and vegetables, plus a fascinating wealth of information on the history, nutritional aspects, and varieties of honey. You will find THE HONEY COOKBOOK a complete guide to a new and healthier enjoyment of the finest of natural sweets.