The Daily Feast: Everyday Meals We Love to Share

by Esther Rose Graber

Overview

There is a family of 5 daughters, each an outstanding cook—Jane, Ellen, Sibyl, Anne, Susan. And their brother’s wife, Yvonne, who cooks like a dream. Not surprisingly, there’s the matriarch, Esther
Rose, also a great cook.

The Daily Feast is the collection of irresistibly tasty, but easy-to-prepare recipes which have won their way onto the Graber families’ tables. These are the recipes they prepare for their guests and the dishes they make when the whole extended family gets together.

For years, the Graber family cooks have passed their favorite recipes back and forth among themselves as they’ve left their Indiana home and scattered around the world, always learning to make and love the local dishes wherever they’ve lived. But always at the center of the growing collection were their own versions of beloved American dishes.

In The Daily Feast, each of the 7 Graber cooks presents 3 complete menus—one for a soup meal, the second for a family week-night supper, and the third for a more elaborate guest dinner. In addition, the Grabers offer menus and recipes for their favorite special-occasion meals.

An irresistible sampling of recipes found in The Daily Feast:

Penne with Eggplant, Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella and Herbs
Baked Chicken Caribe
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Lime and Cilantro
Easy Blender Banana Nut Bread with Jamaica Glaze
Cave Creek Carnitas
Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with Orange Dressing
Lemon-Barbecued Meat Loaves
Fresh Tomato Chutney
Bourbon-Glazed Salmon with Sesame Seeds
Naan Bread
Dijon, Bacon, and Potato Salad
Grilled Italian Shrimp Skewers
Sweet Ricotta Fritters
Fresh Strawberry Pie

Full-color photography of the finished dishes underlines the family’s daily practice of beauty and good taste around the table!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680990805
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	04/07/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

Esther Rose Graber, a watercolorist and book illustrator, is the matriarch of the Graber clan. She is the mother or mother-in-law of the six other cooks featured in The Daily Feast. Born in Kansas during the Great Depression, she move to central Puerto Rico in 1965 with her surgeon husband, Ronald Graber, and their young family. She is well-known in Puerto Rico for capturing the vivid colors of her adopted homeland in hundreds of watercolor landscapes and portraits. She and Ron now divide their time between Puerto Rico and southern Indiana, traveling extensively from those bases. The Grabers live in Goshen, Indiana and Nashville, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 Esther Rose Graber 6

Favorite Soup Supper 7

Favorite Family Supper 16

Favorite Guest Dinner 22

Chapter 2 Jane Graber Davis 34

Favorite Soup Supper 35

Favorite Family Supper 41

Favorite Guest Dinner 47

Chapter 3 Ellen Graber Kraybill 56

Favorite Soup Supper 57

Favorite Family Supper 64

Favorite Guest Dinner 68

Chapter 4 Sibyl Graber Gerig 76

Favorite Soup Supper 77

Favorite Family Supper 83

Favorite Guest Dinner 88

Chapter 5 Ann Graber Miller 96

Favorite Soup Supper 97

Favorite Family Supper 103

Favorite Guest Dinner 108

Chapter 6 Susan Graber Hunsberger 116

Favorite Soup Supper 117

Favorite Family Supper 120

Favorite Guest Dinner 128

Chapter 7 Yvonne Schussler Graber 138

Favorite Soup Supper 139

Favorite Family Supper 144

Favorite Guest Dinner 150

Chapter 8 The Puerto Rican Dinner 160

Chapter 9 An Indian Feast 170

Chapter 10 The Thai Dinner 182

Chapter 11 A Taste of Bulgaria 190

Chapter 12 The Fourth of July Picnic 202

Chapter 13 A Not Quite Traditional Thanksgiving 210

Chapter 14 Brunch on the Deck 222

Chapter 15 Favorite Christmas Goodies 236

Index 241

About the Authors 251

Editorial Reviews

The seven women of the Graber family, whose heritage is Amish and Mennonite, share their favorite meals in this cookbook, which began as a photocopied collection of recipes for family members and which is now a real life cookbook. Esther Rose and her surgeon husband Ron lived in Puerto Rico with their large family (which includes the five daughters who co-authored this book), who have since grown up, married, had children of their own, and have traveled extensively throughout Europe, China, and Turkey. These travels are reflected in the diversity of the dishes included here. Each woman (mother, five daughters and daughter-in-law Yvonne) shares three menus—a soup meal, a family weeknight meal, and a special occasion dinner. Soups from all over the world include a Senegalese soup with chicken, peanut butter, and curry powder; a Mexican posole stew; and a Thai ginger chicken soup. Entrees include fish (bourbon-glazed salmon with sesame seeds); chicken (baked chicken caribe); and meat (grilled, spiced lamb chops). For dessert they offer a homey fresh strawberry pie and a fried ice cream. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly