Extending the Table: Recipes and stories from Afghanistan to Zambia in the spirit of More-With-Less

By Joetta Handrich Schlabach

Cook with neighbors from around the world as you prepare flavorful dishes and feel the warmth of their kitchens. This revised edition of Extending the Table simmers together the best-loved recipes from the first edition of this global cuisine cookbook with the enticing flavors of new recipes.

Extending the Table contains stories, proverbs, and recipes from more than ninety countries. Extend your table in the spirit of the More-with-Less Cookbook by experiencing the gratitude, hospitality, and foodways of friends near and far.

Part of the World Community Cookbook series. Royalties fund global relief, peace, and community efforts.

What is New in the Revised Edition:

• Colorful photographs of people, cultural settings, and mouthwatering dishes from around the world.
• Recipes and stories from places like Afghanistan, South Sudan, Thailand, and Cambodia.
• Labels and indexes for gluten-free and vegetarian recipes.
• Regional menus to help cooks plan special meals from a particular country or continent.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Herald Press
• Release date: May 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9780836199307

Joetta Handrich Schlabach

Joetta Handrich Schlabach worked in various writing, educational and administrative capacities with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) from 1982-87 and 1989-91, including assignments, with her husband Gerald, in Nicaragua and Honduras. She received a BA in home economics from Goshen (Ind.) College, an MA in family economics and management from Michigan State University, and an MA in theology from St. Catherine University in St Paul, Minn. After 15 years of programmatic work in international and multicultural education at three universities, she became a pastor in 2007, serving at Faith Mennonite Church, Minneapolis. She and her husband reside in St. Paul, Minn., and are parents of two adult sons and a daughter-in-law. They enjoy the vibrancy of a multicultural city neighborhood where neighbors extend the table by sharing garden produce across back-yard fences.

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Reviews for Extending the Table

[devandecicco · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good international recipes that are environmentally and economically just. Some require a lot of time tho.

[jonathangorman_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

For being a fairly random collection of recipes from many different contributers, I've never had a recipe in here that I made and didn't like. Maybe there's just enough so I can pick the good ones. Also has lots of personal accounts of travel to parts of the world with far more scarcity than many of us in the States are used to experiencing. The accounts come off as pretty genuine though.

[june6bug · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Tasty, mostly simple recipes using lots of vegetables, grains and beans--vegetarian friendly and affordable cooking suggestions from around the world.

[venturarocks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is one of my favorite cookbooks, not only for the recipes but for the stories and prayers that give a glimpse of life in other parts of the world. I have given MANY copies of this book as wedding presents.

[zreadingz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Easy recipes, fool-proof, tasty, won't require hard to find ingredients

[dave_newton_20 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is my favorite cookbook EVER. Every time I see my mom I thank her for giving it to me.Aside from having interesting recipes from around the world, it contains many small stories regarding how different cultures and different individuals approach their relationship with food.The recipes are largely the foods that the poor of the world eat: simple, (generally) nutritious, use local ingrediants (nothing terribly exotic, however), and clearly highlight how different cultures have solved the problem of "what can I eat today... that I can afford?"I've gotten "stuck" on a few of the recipes and have probably only made 30-40 of the choices within: I end up tweaking the recipes constantly or using them as a launching point for something similar--exactly what happens in "real life."In a world of pre-packaged food and a society that gives, in general, little thought to what and how they eat, paying attention to this book can be a profound experience.

[shawnmarie_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is along the lines of More-with-Less and contains international recipes that wisely use food resources. Not as good as MWL, but still quite a valuable reference.