Home Cookin' with Dave's Mom

Home Cookin' with Dave's Mom by Letterman, Dorothy. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780671000608.

Reporting from the snows of Lillehammer, David Lettermans mom and The Late Shows 1994 Olympic correspondent Dorothy was the ultimate good sport-and her wry comments and deadpan humor won th hearts of millions of viewers. Now Daves mom tops her tour-de-force television debut with this irresistible, one-of-a-kind cookbook. Filled with delicious recipes straight from AMericas heartland, as well as special dishes gathered from her family, friends,and The Late Show staffers, Dorothys culinary delight contains other surprises as well: lively anecdotes about her children, Jan, David, and Gretchen, when they were growing up, practical kitchen tips, witty asides, and dollops of Dorothys gentle wisdom for living. With specially selected photographs from the Letterman family album and photos of Dorothy back home in Indiana, theres no treat as satisfying as... HOME COOKIN WITH DAVES MOM! Memories of Dorothys own mother cooking over a coal stove are interspersed with recipes for Uncle Earls Creamed Chipped Beef on Tater Tots, Chicken Noodle Soup (with homemade noodles), Cheese Straws, Friendship Tea, and Lemon Fluff (from Dorothys personal trainer). Here are the secrets for Daves favorites: Hot Baloney Sandwich and Sour Cherry Pie, which she overnights faithfully to him each year for his birthday. Dorothys got terrific techniques for canning and freezing vegetables, helpful household hints including Dorothys homemade window cleaner, and dozens of recipes, featuring fun foods, soups and salads, meats, sauces, and unforgettable desserts. "Make sure, if youre using fresh persimmons for Chilled Persimmon Pudding, that they are ripe enough. Otherwise you just pucker up until you cant stand it." She solves the mystery of flaky pie crust: "You cant make a crust without the fat." "I never thought of this in my wildest dreams," Dorothy told Newsweek about her print debut. HOME COOKIN WITH DAVES MOM is her labor of love, spiced with down-home humor, warm-hearted advice, and great-tasting food.