A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and Her Cookbook
by Bob Kann
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2007 eISBN: 978-0-87020-516-3 | Paper: 978-0-87020-373-2 Library of Congress Classification TX649.K36K36 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 641.5092
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and her Cookbook celebrates the life of Milwaukee’s early twentieth-century culinary wonder. This new addition to the Badger Biography series will introduce young readers to a remarkable young woman who made a difference in the lives of the early immigrants in Wisconsin. Kander originally created The Settlement Cookbook to assist young Jewish immigrant girls in cooking nutritious "American-style" meals for their families. Since its publication, several generations of household cooks have been raised on the delicious recipes of the cookbook. Proceeds from the sale of the original cookbook helped build Milwaukee’s first settlement house and later the city’s Jewish Community Center. The century-old cookbook is still in print today. This is a delightful biography, filled with humorous asides, wonderful period illustrations, and of course recipes!
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Bob Kann is a storyteller, juggler and magician as well as an author. He performs throughout the United States in schools, libraries, at festivals, performing arts centers and wherever else children and families assemble. He also teaches classes and holds workshops on humor, motivation, creativity and storytelling for educators, social service agencies and businesses.
REVIEWS
2006 Honorable Mention in the Children/Young Adult Category from Midwest Independent Publishers Association Book Awards 2007 Teacher's Choice in the Children's Books Category from Learning Magazine
"First, let me say how fine the manuscript is. It is nicely written, conveys a tremendous amount of information, and weaves beautifully the personal details of LKB's life with the life of the community and the larger narrative of American history. She really comes to life in this piece." (Hasia Diner, The Paul S. Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and the Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at NYU)
"What a delight to finally get to know the real Lizzie Kander in A Recipe for Success. Lizzie Kander is my hero — she found other doorways when men closed doors to women, and she told us the secret — it was through their hearts and tummies. Lizzie understood the power of food to nourish, to educate, to calm, to raise money, and to spread love. This powerful Badger Biography tells this story beautifully, and whets our appetites to learn more about the important women in America's past." (Marcie Cohen Ferris, Author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South Associate Director, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction: Meet Lizzie Kander
1 The Teachers Kissed Us Good-bye
2 When I?m President
3 The Matchbox Boy
4 A Penny for a Hot Bath
5 Did You Wash Your Hands?
6 President Lizzie
7 You Are What You Eat
8 Cracker Gruel and Frogs Legs and Fried Mush, Oh My!
9 Bigger and Better
10 Chickens and Goats in the Playground
11 Abraham Lincoln and Lizzie
12 May I Have a Taste?
Conclusion: A Twinkle in Her Eye
Afterword: Making a Positive Difference
Appendix
Lizzie?s Time Line
Recipes
Glossary
Reading Group Guide and Activities
Acknowledgments
Index
A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and Her Cookbook
by Bob Kann
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2007 eISBN: 978-0-87020-516-3 Paper: 978-0-87020-373-2
A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and her Cookbook celebrates the life of Milwaukee’s early twentieth-century culinary wonder. This new addition to the Badger Biography series will introduce young readers to a remarkable young woman who made a difference in the lives of the early immigrants in Wisconsin. Kander originally created The Settlement Cookbook to assist young Jewish immigrant girls in cooking nutritious "American-style" meals for their families. Since its publication, several generations of household cooks have been raised on the delicious recipes of the cookbook. Proceeds from the sale of the original cookbook helped build Milwaukee’s first settlement house and later the city’s Jewish Community Center. The century-old cookbook is still in print today. This is a delightful biography, filled with humorous asides, wonderful period illustrations, and of course recipes!
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Bob Kann is a storyteller, juggler and magician as well as an author. He performs throughout the United States in schools, libraries, at festivals, performing arts centers and wherever else children and families assemble. He also teaches classes and holds workshops on humor, motivation, creativity and storytelling for educators, social service agencies and businesses.
REVIEWS
2006 Honorable Mention in the Children/Young Adult Category from Midwest Independent Publishers Association Book Awards 2007 Teacher's Choice in the Children's Books Category from Learning Magazine
"First, let me say how fine the manuscript is. It is nicely written, conveys a tremendous amount of information, and weaves beautifully the personal details of LKB's life with the life of the community and the larger narrative of American history. She really comes to life in this piece." (Hasia Diner, The Paul S. Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and the Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at NYU)
"What a delight to finally get to know the real Lizzie Kander in A Recipe for Success. Lizzie Kander is my hero — she found other doorways when men closed doors to women, and she told us the secret — it was through their hearts and tummies. Lizzie understood the power of food to nourish, to educate, to calm, to raise money, and to spread love. This powerful Badger Biography tells this story beautifully, and whets our appetites to learn more about the important women in America's past." (Marcie Cohen Ferris, Author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South Associate Director, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction: Meet Lizzie Kander
1 The Teachers Kissed Us Good-bye
2 When I?m President
3 The Matchbox Boy
4 A Penny for a Hot Bath
5 Did You Wash Your Hands?
6 President Lizzie
7 You Are What You Eat
8 Cracker Gruel and Frogs Legs and Fried Mush, Oh My!
9 Bigger and Better
10 Chickens and Goats in the Playground
11 Abraham Lincoln and Lizzie
12 May I Have a Taste?
Conclusion: A Twinkle in Her Eye
Afterword: Making a Positive Difference
Appendix
Lizzie?s Time Line
Recipes
Glossary
Reading Group Guide and Activities
Acknowledgments
Index
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC