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The Bear Wallow Cookbook series is a superb collection (forty titles to choose from) that has been a fixture at Kauffman's Fruit Farm & Market for ever so long. These offering are chock full of old-fashioned recipes using most any fruit, vegetable, or staple imaginable (from Apple to Zucchini and lots in between!) while others highlight specific cultures (such as the Amish, Native American, New England and the South) within the American melting pot. And you will surely enjoy reading the introductory notes which touch upon early American history, origins of recipes, and historical persons or traditions associated with the subject at hand.
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A Dish of Tea
CKBW35
Along with great teatime recipes, this book features interesting tidbits of tea's history and lore. You'll love it!

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Grandma's Old Fashioned Recipes
CKBW16
Various old-time recipes in this selection just might invoke memories of tantalizing aromas in Grandma's kitchen long ago!

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Lewis and Clark- Adventures in Cookery
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The 46 recipes in his book illustrate some of the "Corps of Discovery" experiences and the influence their discoveries would have on American cooking.

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Native American Recipes
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The fifty-one recipes found herein include foods, such as Fry Bread and Fruit Leather, which were common to many tribes, as well as dishes that were more regional favorites.

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Old Amish Recipes
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Old Amish Recipes is a perennial Bear Wallow series "Top Ten" seller at Kauffman's!

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Old Country Store Recipes
CKBW13
Suggestions for you: You'll quickly want to try Cornmeal Pie and Baking Powder Biscuits (among others!) after you have this book at your disposal.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Apple Recipes
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An extra bonus: this very popular Bear Wallow selection includes an "Apple Guide" which matches apple varieties with recommended uses.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Berry & Cherry Recipes
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Not only health benefits, but wonderful flavor, set berries and cherries apart and lend to their popularity ...and to the popularity of this volume, no doubt!

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Bread Puddings & Other O.F. Recipes
CKBW5
Bread puddings, sure, but you'll also find an ample selection of crisps, grunts, pandowdy, slumps and sauces among the fifty recipes listed in this Bear Wallow classic!

32 Pages.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Bread Recipes
CKBW4
Old Fashioned Bread Recipes is a perennial Bear Wallow "Top Ten" seller here at our market!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Cake and Cheesecake Recipes
CKBW6
Many recipes in this book have been around a long time (like Poppy Seed & Applesauce Cake and Praline Chesecake, for example) and are too good to be allowed to disappear.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Candy Recipes
CKBW7
This could be a popular resource in your home during those winter months when home made candy is high on everybody's wish-list!!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Celebrations
CKBW8
You - and yours(!) - will enjoy both the historical and culinary aspects of Old Fashioned CELEBRATIONS.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Cheese Recipes
CKBW9
Yes, with this resource nearby you can make family-pleasing cheese(s) and probably have fun doing it!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes
CKBW11
This volume from Bear Wallow contains Christmastime recipes and descriptions from early American days that we expect will please the folks around your table quite well indeed!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Cookie Recipes
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Instructions for building a Gingerbread House are included herein, as well as sixty-seven recipes for drop, rolled, molded, pressed, and bar cookies!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Fish & Seafood Recipes
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We recognize the health benefits of eating fish and seafood, of course, but also know how good it can taste! Here are eighty-two recipes (Baked Scallops, Sole Amandine,or Southern Shrimp Gumbo, anybody?), neatly divided into seawater regions of the United States (like New England and the Gulf Coast, for instance) where they originated. Better yet, besides being nutritious and delicious, most of these recipes are quickly and easily prepared.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Herb Recipes
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Did you know that pioneers pushing westward used spices and herbs as deodorizers, insect repellents, perfumes, cosmetics, medicines and dyes? A Usage Chart shows how herbs are used as culinary seasonings and this book also contains tips on storing herbs. We're not surprised that Old-Fashioned HERB Recipes, with its seventy-seven great recipes, sells so well (it was a Bear Wallow "Top Ten" seller here at Kauffman's in 2008!)
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Honey - Maple Syrup -Sorghum Recipes Old Fashioned Ice Cream Recipes
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This favorite traces the development of ice creams from early civilizations (the Chinese, Greeks and Romans) all the way to the love affair with this all-American dessert today. These eighty-five recipes include many flavors of churned ice creams, ices & sherbets, ice cream pies, parfaits, bombes, mousses and other specialty ice cream treats, as well as butterscotch, strawberry, fudge sauce and other toppings. A Bear Wallow "Top Twelve" selection at Kauffman's in 2009-2010!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Muffin Recipes
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This is a perennial Bear Wallow "Top Ten" seller at Kauffman's Fruit Farm & Market!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Mushroom Recipes
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Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson admired French mushroom cookery and American settlers found various varieties of wild mushrooms which are still enjoyed by many today. Of course, cultivated varieties, first grown commercially in nearby Chester County (often called the "Mushroom Capital of the World) are readily available throughout our country. There are seventy-five wonderful recipes to be found in this book to liven up and improve appetizers, soups, sauces, salads, breads, and side dishes that you'll be creating in your kitchen!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Orange Grove Recipes
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Christopher Columbus introduced citrus fruit to the western hemisphere in 1493 (on his second trans-Atlantic voyage), and they have been popular ever since! If you're like many citrus fans you consume more lemons and limes when its warm outside and more oranges and grapefruit in cooler months. This collection of 74 recipes makes delicious use of all of them in beverages, breads, breakfast and brunch dishes, desserts, and more that are fitting during every season of the year!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Persimmon Recipes
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Historical notes in this volume trace persimmon cookery back to Native Americans and early settlers. Harvesting, cleaning, and processing of this exquisite fruit are discussed herein and sixty-four recipes for puddings, breads, cakes, cookies, pies, and salads are listed for your consideration. Persimmons can also be used as a main ingredient in ice cream and good-old homemade candy. The original edition of this title was Bear Wallow's very first book, published in 1978!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Pie Recipes
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Pie has been on the menu as a savory or sweet dish for centuries. Many of these seventy-nine recipes (including choices from early America and the Old Country) have rather renowned origins! You'll want to try pies made with fruit, pecans & nuts, meat, and vegetables as well as the sweet filling varieties like the (take note!) Pennsylvania Dutch specialty called Shoo Fly Pie! Crust recipes are included in this selection and hints for making meringue too. This is a perennial Bear Wallow "Top Ten" seller at Kauffman's!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Recipes
CKBW30
Did you know? "The first pumpkin pie wasn't a pie at all: it was a whole pumpkin with the top sliced off, the seeds scooped out, then filled with...". More info available when you buy this title!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Soups, Stews & Chowders
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This book offers recipes (fifty-eight to be exact) drawn from various cultures like Amish, American Southwest, New England, and Russian. You'll like the helpful instructions on making vegetable, chicken, beef, and fish stock and may want to try Baked Beef Stew on a cold winter day, Dutch Country(!) Cheese Soup for a different taste, or cold fresh cucumber soup when the temperature climbs. This is a perennial Bear Wallow "Top Ten" seller at Kauffman's!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Strawberry Recipes
Old Fashioned Tomato Recipes
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George Washington grew and enjoyed tomatoes at his Mt. Vernon estate but many contemporaries considered them poisonous during that era. This title, recognizing that fresh-picked tomatoes are now a great American favorite(!), will assist the cook who wishes to capitalize on the health benefits (like vitamin C and lycopene) that this fruit has been proven to possess. Another plus included here are sections on canning,freezing, and cooking with green tomatoes.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Vegetable Garden Recipes
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This volume describe methods of raising and preserving vegetables that were often employed in pioneer days but modern day cooks will be happy to learn that most of the recipes included in this helpful tool are quick and easy to prepare. Beans, sweet corn, rhubarb, spinach and tomatoes are just a few vegetables that the seventy-three recipes found in this selection will highlight. Your family will be pleased!
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Woodstove Recipes
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Whether you want to cook on a woodstove or just prepare foods tasting like they did in the old days when our grandmothers created culinary masterpieces on a woodstove, this selection will be a hit! You'll like both the instructions, hints, and tips for this type of cooking, but especially the fifty-eight recipes (which can also be prepared on a modern stove) ranging from pancakes to puddings, and including soups and stews, main dishes, side dishes, breads, sauces and desserts.
$3.95 / each
Old Fashioned Zucchini & Squash Recipes
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Is zucchini an American or Italian addition to a healthy lifestyle? Squash has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years! Historical notes in this volume explore the impact these vegetables have had on many cultures. Varieties of summer and winter squashes are described, and the book's sixty-three recipes include desserts, casseroles, breads, soups, salads, skillet dishes, and other treats. This was one of the top-selling titles of the entire Bear Wallow collection at Kauffman's in 2008, 2009 and (surprise) 2010!
$3.95 / each
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