"This is a very original cookbook. It is part diary, part memory, and part recipe book. Occasionally, an author may include a sentence or two about where the recipe was found or how it was created, but Paula includes a short story about each of the recipes. This book is written the way home cooks talk about their recipes when they share them with a friend. The original recipes don’t include baking directions – not even the shorthand kind like “bake in a medium oven until golden brown.” The women who wrote down these recipes just knew how long a cake would take in the oven, but Paula comes to the rescue with her own notes to help those who might be newer to home cooking. The spiral binding makes it easy to open the book to the recipe you want and not lose your place while you’re mixing together the ingredients. The book contains just over a dozen recipes that will offer you something special for family time, the town social, or a child’s lunch box." Tim L. - Minneapolis, MN