The Homestead Cook

“Jody Bahler’s The Homestead Cook feels like a warm kitchen gathering, brimming with rich, simple recipes and heartfelt stories that feel like catching up with an old friend. Every page, beautifully captured, invites you to make everyday meals with a touch of homestyle charm and love.”
  ~Suzanne Woods Fisher, bestselling author of A Healing Touch

“Discover the timeless essence of family, food, and faith with The Homestead Cook. Jody Bahler’s heartfelt recipes, steeped in tradition and crafted with love, offer a taste of cherished memories and the warmth of home. From appetizers to desserts, each dish invites you to embrace simplicity and celebrate the joy of gathering around the table. With its captivating stories and mouthwatering photography, this cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes—it’s a culinary journey to be savored and shared for generations to come.”
  ~Susan Hougelman, author of Inside the Simple Life: Finding Inspiration among the Amish

“Jody Bahler’s cookbook is a trove of simple, traditional recipes and wonderful stories that add to the cookbook’s charm. Surprise ingredients mean that you won’t find tired, same-old recipes either. The Hard-Cooked Egg Casserole includes potato chips, the Herb Roasted Pork Loin is finished with a cilantro cream sauce, and the Snickers Apple Salad combines crunchy apples and caramelly candy bars—just three of the many wonderful recipes you can make to please your family with something special tonight. Delightful!”
  ~Georgia Varozza, author of The Homestead Canning Cookbook, The Homestead Sourdough Cookbook, and The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook

“The Homestead Cook is a wonderful collection of recipes that have graced Mennonite dinner tables and fellowship meals for decades. The rich and hearty recipes blend simple ingredients with good cooking and baking techniques to create dishes that delight.”
  ~Marshall V. King, Midwestern food writer and author of Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of Michael “MJ” Sharp

“Visually stunning, The Homestead Cook offers multigenerational recipes to satisfy your cravings for wholesome dishes while nourishing your soul with vignettes from the heartland.”
  ~Sherry Gore, former editor-in-chief of Cooking & Such Magazine and author of The Plain Choice and Me, Myself, and Pie

“My personal passion for the beauty of the commonplace finds expression in the pages of this cookbook. Eating food is one of the most ordinary acts of being human, a ritual that becomes a feast when shared with loved ones. In this beautiful collection of recipes, Jody Bahler has taken the humblest of ingredients and invoked the taste of home itself.”
  ~Rae Slabach, founder and owner of Daughters of Promise ministry