Review: A trip down Memory Lane with recipes!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
I really enjoyed the 'stories' behind the recipes, and I think it is just wonderful that the author got together with her 82-yr-old mother to prepare these recipes and update them for modern ingredients.  The changes are very minor, so the authenticity of these recipes remains intact.Ah, the ubiquitous marshmallow!  Out of curiosity, I googled 'history of the marshmallow' and discovered that the 'modern' marshmallow was invented in 1948 by Alex Doumak, a marshmallow manufacturer.  I'm sure that's why so many recipes from the 50's had marshmallows in them.And as we ALL know, there's ALWAYS room for jello!  When I got to the page with the photograph of the Lime and Berry Parfait Pie I swear I could smell the pie.  :)The formatting was exquisite, I didn't find a single type or mis-used word, the Table of Contents was lovely, and there was even a hyper-link to 'blind-baking' (a technique for making a pie crust that you fill after it has been baked.)It isn't a very long e-book, with only twelve recipes, but it is truly a gem.  I definitely look forward to more cookbooks from this author.