Biographical note:

Gooseberry Patch started in 1984 literally over the backyard fence in Delaware, OH. Neighbors, Vickie and Jo Ann, shared a love of antiques, gardening, and country decorating, and decided to try their hands at the mail-order business. Over twenty-five years later, it has grown into the well-loved line of Gooseberry Patch calendars, organizers, and community-style cookbooks

Main description:

Gooseberry Patch cookbooks are known and loved for their downhome recipes-the ones that have been shared from neighbor to neighbor, mother to daughter across the years. Gooseberry Patch Big Book of Country Baking features 400 of the very best of these homestyle recipes for baking. Included are the expected baking book recipes-fabulous breads, favorite cake, pie, and cookie recipes-but this book also has dozens of recipes for savory baked casseroles and pot pies, making it a cookbook that can be used for every meal of the day. Most recipes are easily prepared with ingredients commonly found in the pantry-no specialty items to search for and use only once, no 3-part recipes that take hours to prepare. Twelve special occasion menus make this the cookbook for every occasion, and offers recipes needed to prepare the perfect spread. The recipes in this book are deliciously familiar. If they're not already family favorites they soon will be. Featuring 200 full-color, mouthwatering photos, Gooseberry Patch Big Book of Baking will inspire readers with the beautiful images of these delicious recipes.