One of my favorite childhood authors was Laura Ingalls Wilder, and as an adult I enjoyed getting a peek into her life on Rocky Ridge Farm in Missouri through this book. The book contains her recipes found in a scrapbook after her death along with beautiful photos of the house and farm where she and her husband lived for decades.

The narratives include anecdotes about Laura and her love of cooking, farming, family and neighbors. A reader learns about her love of entertaining and her creativity when hostessing parties, teas, and dinners at the farm.

The recipes are downhome, simple fare with lots of recipes using apples because Rocky Ridge Farm had a huge apple orchard.

The information shared about Laura's start and success as an author is interesting. I find her to be an inspiring, creative, independent woman!

Highly recommended to fans of the 'Little House' books, history buffs and cooks who enjoy country cooking.

Borrowed from the local public library.

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Great pictures and stories of Laura's life. I am going to cook my way through this one. Even includes a section on drinks and snacks.

The pictures and little write ups (by William Anderson) are wonderful, and we've liked the recipes I've made. This is more a "Depression-era to the 1950s" cookbook than one of frontier recipes, which I think disappoints some readers. It's what Laura was cooking as an adult, not what she grew up on. Even the compiler finds some of the recipes a bit plain, suggesting the cook add seasoning to a couple, and anyone who collects cookbooks will have plenty of other (and possibly better) versions of a fair percentage of the recipes. OTOH, some of them have a unique twist -- I have a number of recipes for Chicken and Dumplings, but don't believe any of the rest of them use mace, for instance.

A worthy book for a Laura fan or a cook who likes recipes of that era. I'm both, so I loved it.

I am cooking my way through this entire book! If you want our family’s reviews on the recipes go to adventureswithjulieann.com. We are having a blast! The Liver Loaf still hasn’t been made. But the chicken and dumplings and farmhouse stew is the BEST! Also some wonderful desserts like Charlotte de Pommes.
My kids are into it too (well sometimes). What I also like about this book is the excepts and pictures from her life. I’ve learned so much more about the real Laura and her family through this book. I love it!

See my review for an earlier edition.

A wonderful book. I really enjoyed the color photos of Rocky Ridge Farm. The antidotes and personal stories on every other page make this such a joyful cookbook. There are also photos of Laura, Almanzo and Rose on the farm. I remember making the gingerbread as a child from a different, Laura Ingalls Wilder Cookbook. It was a real treat to find the Gingerbread recipe again on pg. 83. The cake was even more wonderful than I had remembered.

This was a fun and entertaining book to read. Laura included a lot of photos from her life on Rocky Ridge Farm, and growing up as a pioneer child, as well as delicious recipes that are simple and uncomplicated to make.

I took a basic cooking class as a kid based on this cookbook (it was a kind of summer day camp that lasted around 2 weeks). We read bits from the Little House series and then made goodies like baked apples and cornbread. It was such fun and really helped connect us with the stories!

I want this book. I think I NEED this book. It's just basic cooking. Basic cooking in simple language. (with Laura pics & stories of course.) As soon as I can put a couple bucks aside I'm buying it.

Hidden among this collection of recipes from the farm kitchen of Laura Ingalls Wilder are little poems and snippets that give readers a glimpse into her farming life at Ricky Ridge. The recipes are fun, too!

© 2003 This is a collection of dozens of recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder collected and were published many years after her death. The oversized book includes many photo of her, her family, and her house and her property in Mansfield, Missouri.