A Taste of Humor Cookbook

About the Book

BOOK DESCRIPTION for web page ID#80422 A TASTE OF HUMOR is a cookbook but also a funny story book! The idea is that most people read cookbooks as much as they cook from them. Nancy Welch is not only a great cook, but she has a great sense of humor. It seemed only fitting that she put the two together. Nancy’s father, Dr. Fried P. Turner, a Presbyterian minister, also had a great sense of humor. He said he had a certain number of words of foolishness that he had to get rid of each day or they would roll over to the next day. Nancy feels she inherited his funny bone! She seems to have a funny cloud that follows her around because there is no logical explanation for some of the things that happen to her or that she does. Some of the recipes in the book are from family and friends and some are from faithful viewers of her television show. Many have been included in this book along with the stories that made the recipe so memorable for her and she hopes for you. Some of the stories have nothing to do with the recipe but as so unreal they have been included so that you have some to talk about over dinner! Through the years as a wife, mother of two sons, Turner and Nelson, grandmother, mother-in-law, great grandmother, sister to Jean, and friend, she figured out that though she loved to cook and entertain, she had to find a way to short cut some of the processes because there were other things she also love to do. Someone once asked her if women could “have it all.” Welch answered, “Yes. You just can’t have it all, all of the time!” One of the “tricks of the trade” you might say, that she learned is that nearly everything can be frozen at some stage of the preparation. What she has learned is to cook several items at a time and freeze some of them for later use. Time in the kitchen can be better spent working on more than one recipe. Another trick is to double the recipe and cook half and freeze half. This way, there is always something in the freezer for later. She does this even with desserts. She recommends that you bake a pound cake and after you have served it twice, if there is any left, wrap it up and put it in the freezer. Several weeks later, bring it out and your family will think you have been in the kitchen again! She has compiled several cookbooks and the last two are, Cooking On The Go, and the Four Ingredient Cookbook, and both are still available. However, she wanted to do a cookbook with colored pictures, special recipes and funny stories. The concept has been that people “read” cookbooks as much as they “cook” from them. And people are interested in the author as much as we are in the recipe. After all, everyone has a chocolate cake recipe, but the story behind the chocolate cake recipe is even better than the cake. It’s what dinner conversation is all about. There is an art to preparing an inviting table as well as an art of preparing a delicious meal. She knows you can do both and hopes this book will give you the confidence to try that more than once a year. Something magical happens when people sit down at a table together and share a meal. We honor others when we prepare a meal and serve them. I saw this sign, THE ABC’S OF LIFE, in a shop while in Amelia Island, Florida. I thought in many ways, these ABC’s apply to our cooking and homemaking in very special, perhaps even humorous ways. The sign was the list. I have added the “commentary” as they apply to the kitchen! THE ABC’S OF LIFE Accept Differences: Not everyone is going to like what you cook for dinner no matter how much it cost or how long it took to prepare. Be Kind: Try not to launch in on the sermon of, “Hungry children, etc.” as we know that only makes things worse when they don’t want the carrots. Count Your Blessings: Remember to be grateful that you have food to cook, even though there are days when fast food from the drive through sounds like a great idea. Dream: Continue to hope for the day you can hire Tyle

About the Author

Nancy Welch has a taste for food. A degree in Home Economics from Florida State University made possible a 23 year career hosting a daily television show for women. Each day she prepared a recipe. Some have been included here. She began a second career in higher education, returned to college for a master’s and doctorate and ended an eighteen year career as the vice president of a College. During her careers, she owned an Inn, a restaurant, wrote a food column, was active in her church and community and still loves her family and friends..