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Feb 12, 2010
Amazing Cookbook. Vielen Dank Irma!
Irma Starkloff Rombauer (30 October 1877 - 14 October 1962) was the author of The Joy of Cooking. It is one of the world's most published cookbooks, having been in print continuously since 1936. More than 18 million copies have sold since the Great Depression. Irma Rombauer published her recipes and anecdotes during that time in the hope of lifting America's spirits. Today, nine revisions later, the Joy of Cooking, selected by The New York Public Library as one of the 150 most important and influential books of the twentieth century, has taught tens of millions of people to cook, helped feed and delight millions beyond that, answered countless kitchen and food questions, and averted many a cooking crisis.
Born in 1877, Irma Rombauer’s young life was uniquely charmed. She was a member of the St. Louis Deutschtum, An inner circle of wealthy German-speaking Americans. She spent her teenage years shuttling between her hometown of St. Louis and the elegant port city of Bremen, Germany with her German born parents. Irma's pride in her German heritage also deeply influenced early editions of the book. The first edition includes recipes for dishes such as blitzkuchen and linzer tortes and even a few quotes from Goethe. Irma also exhibited an endearing frankness with her readers. Unlike any other cookbook narrator at the time, Irma admitted to her lack of expertise and joked about not having time to cook. In one section, she wrote, "The German recipe reads, 'stir for one hour,' but of course, no high-gear American has time for that. As simply stated by writer Tim Farrell, “Irma Rombauer knew her audience” I highly recommend this cookbook.
Nov 21, 2009
What I would have liked to have read in this book.
This book is very good for beginners who are interested in our local German-American history, but for me it was just more of the same old information with old pictures from the Milwaukee County Historical Society that we have seen printed over and over again. What I would have liked to have learned more about in this book is a chapter on the subject of displaced Germans from former parts of Germany that were lost to Russia and Poland, as well as all of the ethnic Germans groups that were expelled from the many areas of Eastern Europe. Those people/refugees flooded the City of Milwaukee during the 1950's. For some reason no one goes into depth on this particular subject and it's too bad because their stories are absolutely fascinating. These displaced people actually pumped new life into the existing German Community and contributed in so many ways to the cultural and economic life of the city and yet their story continues to go untold in these books. Below I have included a list of the groups of people that settled in Milwaukee after the WW2 and arrived in large numbers during the mid 1950's. Their story would make an important book that could stand on it's own. I hope the next book about German Milwaukee that is published contains more on this topic. Also strangely enough, the Author didn't include any mention of some of the other vibrant and really impactful German cultural organizations that still exist in the city today. I find it odd that who ever she interviewed or relied on for information during the course of her research for this book didn't direct her to some of these other and more dominant organizations that are loaded with historical photos and other important information. In my opinion the reader will have to purchase other books as well,such as Bert Lachner's Heimat North America, Milwaukee Wisconsin Heimat in the Heartland and German Milwaukee It's history, It's recipes by Paradis and Brumder to really gain a better understanding of the Germans in Milwaukee then and now. etc. etc. Believe it or not I still would recommend this book to others as a good read.
Forgotten German speaking groups of people who settled in Milwaukee after 1945.
The Donauschwaben of Yugoslavia, Banat and Sathmar
The People of Schlesien.
The People of Oberschlesier
The People of Weichsel-Warthe.
The WestPreussen.
The OstPreussen.
The Litauendeutschen.
The Bessarabiendeutsche.
The Dobrudschadeutschen.
The Volga Germans from Russia.
The Germans from Ungarn.
The Pommersche Germans.
The Danziger Germans.
The Buchenlanddeutschen.
The Carpathian Germans.
The Baltic Germans.
The Transylvania Saxons.
The Sudentendeutsche.
May 18, 2016
Don Henley is an American Legend.
Thank you for all the great music you have generated throughout your years with the Eagles and there after. You are truly one of the best music artists of all time. "There's an old man there from the Old World To him, it's all the same. Calls all his customers by name. Down at the Sunset Grill" I dedicate this review to Eva and Joe Froelich, original owners of the Sunset Griill.