Rare, historic photographs. Recipes for the traditional shower of wedding cakes and other customs. The Amanas were settled in Iowa by German-speaking members of the Community of True Inspiration seeking religious freedom in the 19th century. Today, the seven historic villages that make up the Amanas are one of the state's major tourist attractions. A wonderful collection by the Amana Society of recipes using honey.
Honey is one of the oldest foods known to man, and was the first sweet used by man.
It is a wholesome natural food, suitable and tasty for all ages. Featuring German-Americans at special events and sites nationwide, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas, Iowa, Washington, Georgia. Sixteen pages of full color. Compiled by Lynn Hattery-Beyer who married a German editor and has strong interest in the foods and traditions of the various regions of Germany. Two dozen writers tell what Christmas in the Midwest has meant to them from pioneer days to the present.