Customer Rating: 
Summary: Simply wonderful!
Comment: Finally a cookbook from the region of Germany where I was born. So many of the recipes, especially their German names bring back memories of my mother cooking. I guess you could call it "German comfort food." The information on various holidays brought a smile to my face and wonderful memories of years gone by. My children always enjoyed Oma's cooking and now will be able to cook, just like Oma. Thank you Gini for bringing a small part of Germany to America.
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Summary: One of my most used/best loved cookbooks
Comment: I bought this book just before ETSing from the Army in 1999. After three years in Bavaria, I knew that one of the things I would miss most was the wonderful food.
Mrs. Youngkrantz does a fantastic job translating traditional German dishes for the American cook. She avoids hard-to-find ingredients. Everything in the book can be prepared with items you can buy in any supermarket, yet it all tastes completely authentic. I pull this one out for special occasion baking and for everyday suppers (I particularly love the Sauerbraten, prepared with a side of homemade Spaetzle). Anytime I get homesick for Germany, I know that I can turn to this book for, at least, a taste of what I miss.
The book is well organized and the recipes are set up in an easy to read format. They are usually contained to one page, so there's no flipping back and forth. The occasional anecdotes about German folklife are charming. I enjoy this cookbook so much that I have given copies as gifts.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: It's Pretty Good
Comment: I like the home publishing and the really good home cooking. I DON'T like the plastic comb binding as they deteriorate and break too fast. I bought mine at a winery in north central Arkansas and paid too much there. But I am a sucker for German home cooking.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book if you like German food
Comment: I bought an earlier edition of this book when I was stationed in Berlin back in the 80's. It was written by a German Woman who had moved to the US and could not easily find the ingredients her original German cookbooks called for. The goulash soup in this book is the closest I've ever come to the restaurants in Germany. This is not a professional chefs book. It was made for the home cook who wants to make dishes like they've had in Germany.
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Summary: A delightful book
Comment: I bought this book at Milwaukee's Germanfest several years ago, and I consider it a lucky find. The quotes and information about German holidays and customs, are just delightful! And the recipes bring back many memories of time we spent in Germany.It is worth getting the book for the brötchen recipe alone. We thought we'd never see good brötchen outside of Germany. Now we can make it at home!
I especially appreciated having this book when I was preparing holiday meals for my now-late German-born father-in-law. He was very pleased as well.
The recipes are easy to follow and use ingredients that are easy to find in America. The binding allows you to open the book and lay it down flat - very handy while you're cooking.
