{"product_id":"shadrach-buckeyes-and-other-tales-of-a-virginia-childhood","title":"Shadrach, Buckeyes and Other Tales of a Virginia Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 2nd Edition retains all the original content and adds quite a bit more, bringing current family-favorite recipes onto the page with many tales, albeit no tales as warm and cherished as Frances'. Most importantly, it is dedicated to my Mother, who instilled a strong love of cooking in me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrances Tate's Shadrach, Buckeyes, and Other Tales of a Virginia Childhood is a delightful collection of personal memories, anecdotes, family traditions, and more, in the words of Frances herself, telling of her youth on a southwestern Virginia farm during the Depression.\u003cbr\u003e\n       \u003cbr\u003e\nFrom bringing Shadrach the dog to church to the \"devil baby\" to the mishaps of Miss Pearl to the legend of the sycamore Ð these spirited stories resonate with pleasing wit and imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLast but surely not least, this book contains a variety of traditional and family recipes from that era, with food being the \"currency of friendship and hospitality\" in those days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n   \u003cp\u003e\"Éit might seem odd to say the arrival of another mouth to feed, even a dog's, was opportune, but it 'twas true since there was no entertainment other than that which we made for ourselves.\" Ð p. 9\u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\nSample Recipes:\u003cbr\u003e\nMary Shufflebarger's Turkey Dressing, p. 54\u003cbr\u003e\nVirginia's Divinity Candy, p. 65\u003cbr\u003e\nCorn Meal Griddle Cakes from 1890, p. 82\u003cbr\u003e\nFrances Tate's Pecan Pie, p. 111\u003cbr\u003e\nBinghamton, NY Spiedies, p. 117\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Tate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44434999148705,"sku":"9781312209589","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1p5n694-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748355792","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/shadrach-buckeyes-and-other-tales-of-a-virginia-childhood","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}