New Cookbook

Garden Fresh Recipes

 

    

     There is simply nothing like fresh fruits and vegetables. Whether you grow your own or make regular visits to the local farmers’ market, you will enjoy the delicious tastes and healthy benefits of fresh foods. The challenge is cooking the bountiful harvest in ways that will keep family and friends begging for more. 

     Garden Fresh Recipes includes over 400 recipes with easy ways to enjoy the healthy benefits and yummy flavor of fresh fruits and vegetables. The two sisters, Kathy Brown and Schyrlet Cameron, offer their favorite recipes for dishes from A to Z: asparagus to zucchini. In addition to detailed step-by-step instructions, all the recipes have one other important quality in common - they are guaranteed to make your family smile, sigh, and beg for more. Whether it is hearty “Country Style Potato Chowder” for the family or “Dutch Oven Carmel Apple Pie” for a special occasion, these recipes will soon become your family’s favorites.

Join their blog at http://redroostercookbooks.blogspot.com .  The book is now available at several locations in Missouri including Sullivan’s Mill at Silver Dollar City in Branson.

 

Dark Side Series

                                             Dark Side Series

CC Brown, the pen name used by authors Schyrlet Cameron, Carolyn Craig, and Kathy Brown, has crafted two edgy paranormal novels in the Dark Side Series with a third on the way. The stories are set in the real world, the world as we know it … with a small twist; creatures that go bump in the night. The two published books in the series, Black Widow Society and Wolf Stone, take the reader on an action-packed journey filled with dark secrets, night creatures, and electrifying passions as good battles evil. Join our blog at http://darksidebookseries60.blogspot.com .  Both books are now available as ebooks at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.

Wold War ll Veteran Honored

World War ll Veteran and Local Author Honored

 

 

World War ll veteran, William “Billie” Armstrong was one of a small band of special guests invited to the U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll in January to commemorate the 71^st anniversary of Operation Flintlock. Bill and the other men were part of the campaign against the Marshal Islands in the Pacific campaign of World War ll.

 

Bill has authored two books detailing the events and his part in the invasion to free the island of Kwajalein from the Imperial Japanese force. Both books, Survival on a Coral Planet and The First Voyage are his eyewitness accounts to this historical event. A special feature of the books is the great collection of photographs Bill included in retelling the dramatic events of the invasion. Booth books are available at amazon.com.

Home Grown Books is Proud to Announce

Local Author’s Book Soon to be a Movie

A movie producer has optioned the rights to award winning  author and Amazon bestselling book No Paved Road To Freedom by Sharon Rushton. Based on a true story, the book chronicles the story of Cornel Dolana who lives through the communist takeover of Romania after the end of World War II, and Dolana's harrowing escape to freedom.

The producer Michael Cuccolo said, “This book is equally as inspiring as Unbroken and for those of us who take freedom for granted, it is a must read.”  Normally the only way to reach a movie producer is through an agent. Cuccolo came to read No Paved Road To Freedom because of a recommendation from his mother. “For two months my mother kept telling me, “You have to read this book!” When he was visiting her over the holidays, he picked up the book. “I had been going through some difficult times. I read the book in three settings, and it has literally changed my outlook on life. If Mr. Dolana can do what he did, then any of us can achieve our dreams and goals. Truly a life changing read!” 

Cuccolo said that his company has completed their outline and have started writing the script. They are making a few modifications, and he is promoting it as the ultimate “American Dream” story and says, “ It’s like Unbroken meets The Shawshank Redemption." 

No Paved Road To Freedom by Sharon Rushton is available at Amazon.com.

2015 Women's Conference

Treasures of the Heart

April 24-25

Branson Missouri

Make your reservations now for the 2015 Women’s Conference. Harriett Ford, author of If God Wants Me Well, Why am I Sick?,  will appear as one of the guest speakers. Register for this event at: www.TreasuresofTheHeart-Brasnson.com .

 

 

Family Recipes

A Family of Cooks

Authors of Recipes from the Farm, Kathy Brown and Schyrlet Cameron, are sisters. Their love of cooking prompted them to compile their best family recipes into cookbooks to share with others. Join their new blog, Red Rooster Cookbooks, at http://redroostercookbooks.blogspot.com/. They hope you will enjoy the stories, find the tips helpful, and try out some of the recipes you find on the site.  

    The Love of Cooking

Recipes from the Farm is Kathy and Schyrlet's first published cookbook. It is dedicated to their Grandma Flood. It is a great collection of their favorite farm recipes, such as “Fresh Peach Pie” and new discoveries, such as “Cheeseburger Casserole.” (over 450 recipes) Recipes from the Farm and other cookbooks written by the two sisters are are now available at several locations in Missouri: Whitley Pharmacy in Cassville, KeenBean Coffee Roasters in Mt. Vernon, and Sullivan’s Mill at Silver Dollar City in Branson.  

Making Memories with Grandma

     Reminiscing about the good ole days spent with Grandma Flood brings a smile and a warm “fuzzy” feeling. Many fond childhood memories were made on that eighty acre farm near Highlandville, Missouri. A time when water was drawn from a cistern, the garden was tilled with a horse-drawn plow, and fruits and vegetables were stored for winter months in a root cellar.

     Kathy and I especially looked forward to helping Grandma in the kitchen. It was a magical place for two young girls who couldn't wait to help Grandma make a hearty meal. We felt very important whether cracking an egg, punching down dough, or peeling carrots.

     But first things first; we had to get our aprons! We stood holding the strings out to our sides and waited as Grandma cinched them on. Grandma had aprons of every size and type—long ones, medium ones, short ones, ones for everyday wear and ones for Sunday best and company; a complete apron wardrobe! The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath. Since she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses, and they used less material. Not only that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.
     Back then, Grandma’s house didn't have electricity or modern heating. Food was cooked with a cast iron wood-burning stove. Over five feet high and almost three and a half feet wide, it was the centerpiece of the kitchen. The stove had an oven, a warming oven, a solid copper water reservoir with a tap, firebox, and a large cook top surface with six lids. We learned to cook on this stove, as did our mother and aunts before us.

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