Synopses & Reviews
When first published in 1976, More-with-Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre struck a nerve with its call for every household to help solve the world food crisis. Now with more than 850,000 copies around the globe, it has become the favorite cookbook of many families. Full of recipes from hundreds of contributors, More-with-Less Cookbook offers suggestions on how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources. While not including new recipes, this most recent printing does include a new introduction and updated statistics with food costs and nutritional information for today's generations.
Synopsis
With over 800,000 copies in print, the
More-with-Less Cookbook has become the favorite cookbook of many families. Full of recipes from hundreds of contributors,
More-with-Less gives suggestions "on how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources."
More-with-Less Cookbook has not only changed how people eat, but their entire approach to life has reflected this more-with-less philosophy. In fact, more-with-less has become an integral part of our daily language.
Synopsis
This is a new edition of Herald Press's all-time best-selling cookbook, helping thousands of families establish a climate of joy and concern for others at mealtime.
The late author's introductory chapters have been edited and revised for today's cooks. Statistics and nutritional information have been updated to reflect current American and Canadian eating habits, health issues, and diet guidelines. The new U.S. food chart "My Plate" was slipped in at the last minute and placed alongside Canada's Food Guide.
But the message has changed little from the one that Doris Janzen Longacre promoted in 1976, when the first edition of this cookbook was released. In many ways she was ahead of her time in advocating for people to eat more whole grains and more vegetables and fruits, with less meat, saturated fat, and sugars.
This book is part of the World Community Cookbook series that is published in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee, a worldwide ministry of relief, development, and peace.
"Mennonites are widely recognized as good cooks. But Mennonites are also a people who care about the world's hungry."--Doris Janzen Longacre
About the Author
Doris Janzen Longacre was associated with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and its worldwide ministries "In the Name of Christ." She served as dietitian of Hesston College, MCC hostess of the Language Study Center in Vietnam, and in another MCC assignment in Indonesia. Just before completing her second book, Living More with Less, Longacre passed away after a 39-month battle with cancer.