The Louisa May Alcott Cookbook

I have had this since it was first published and I have enjoyed it very much over the years. My father and I have been making the gingerbread recipe since I was young and just made it again last week (I often add chocolate chips to make it more of a treat). My daughter will soon be old enough to help me with these recipies and I look forward to sharing them with her. I highly reccomend this as a book to any parent or grandparent looking to share the baking experience with their child.

As a child, I loved cooking and loved hearing Little Women and Little Men. So I have many, many memories of enjoying this book. I think I read from it more than actually cooking, because the recipes definitely require help from a grown-up, at least for those toward the bottom of the target age. However, I "helped" my Mom make the Honey-Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust for Thanksgiving when I was five, and it's been a standing tradition in our family for 22 years now. I'll partially attribute my life-long love of cooking to this book, because it helped link work in the kitchen with stories I loved.