Paula Forbes

Food writer and cookbook author

Mostly for the cakes and cookies—solid recipes that are just old fashioned enough they seem fresh. But it was also the cookbook my grandmother used, so for that it will always have a place on my shelf.

Myrna & Lou Donato

Bookstore owners

This was my first cookbook at the age of 10. To me it is one of the best basic cookbooks that a young person can have in their collection and to learn from

Peter Hertzmann

Author and Historian