Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Nowhere is the culture clash of the Amish and the present day world more evident than in this book. I was expecting traditional Amish recipes which the book promised. What I found was jams made with boxes of Sure-Jell, chemical-filled thickeners, and the biggest no-no of all, low acid foods (including meat) canned in a hot water bath instead of the USDA recommended pressure canner. Maybe her family has been lucky and gotten away with it without anyone getting seriously ill, but it is definitely not recommended and should definitely not be promoted in a cookbook. The quality of this book is extremely low. Those mouth-watering photos? All from an online image service, leaving the reader with no way of knowing what the recipe will actually look like when finished. This book is so bad I thought it was self-published through a vanity press. Imagine my surprise to find it is an actual publisher. There are much better books on preserving out there. Skip this one.