The Abc of Herb & Spice Cookery

Carpe Kitchen! The door of the Peter Pauper vault has swung open to release our legendary old-school cookbooks . . . for your e-reader!A pinch here, a dash there, a judicious sprinkling all around—spice is, well, the spice of life. (The jury's still out on what the herb of life is.) Add a little joie de vivre to your culinary life with this well-seasoned 1950s cooking compendium. Give everyone's favorite magenta vegetable a kick with Spiced Beets. Add zing to your dough with Herb Dumplings, and pizzazz to your bread (not to mention your breath) with Julio's Onion Bread. Douse your desserts in a cinnamon-and-nutmeg river of Hard Sauce. Piquant spice-themed verses and accompanying illustrations pepper pages with humor and verve.Let's hie to the kitchenThe time's come to bakeMy mouth is all fixedFor a caraway cake!… (more)