Soup and bread lovers will treasure this cookbook by Crescent
Dragonwagon, whose country inn has consistently rated one of
America's ten best. Between scrumptious recipes, she serves up
helpings of anecdotes and cooking tips. Reading it is like taking
a cooking lesson from someone whose enthusiasm for good food--and
hospitality--urges her to share what she knows.
Dairy Hollow House in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is celebrated
for its unique cuisine built on such traditional country ingredients
as farm fresh chicken, wild mushrooms, greens, dried beans, and
summer's berries.
Crescent (who is also an accomplished writer of children's
books) shares over 200 of her most popular recipes at the inn--plus
"all of her soup-making, bread-baking, and salad-tossing
wisdom" gained from running a busy inn.
Recipes include:
Chicken & Cheese Soup with Green Chilies
Golden Vegetable Stock
Classic Basil Pesto
White River Chowder
Gazpacho Rosa
Oatmeal-Molasses Bread
Mushroom-Barley Soup
Absolutely Quickest Busy Day Soup
Greek Navy Bean Soup
Katie's Raspberry Butter
Crab Gumbo Zeb
Whole-Wheat Butterhorns
...That's just a sampling of her 200 recipes, all made with
delicious, fresh ingredients. She includes plenty of basics,
too, such as how to make a good stock, what to look for in the
"perfect bread basket," how to use cabbage in cooking
(and why it got such a bad reputation), and secret ingredients
that will add pizzaz to any soup.
Dairy Hollow SOUP & BREAD:
A Country Inn Cookbook