Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe

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Stirring Up the Past With Family Recipes and Stories

Susan Sanvidge, Diane Sanvidge Seckar, Jean Sanvidge Wouters, and Julie Sanvidge McClennan

A nostalgic, funny, and warmhearted collection of recipes and stories that celebrate how food and food memories link us to our past and to each other.

392 pages, 7 x 8
Paperback: $18.95 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-386-2
Ebook: $12.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-517-0
Publication Date: 12/12/2007

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Description

Compiled by four sisters and based on their recollections of their childhood in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe captures the glow of memories formed while growing up in a midwestern kitchen. From Lemon Meringue Pie to Tomato Soup Cake, from Mom’s Chicken Pie to Grandma Noffke’s Sliced Cucumber Pickles, this charming book features hundreds of recipes (some classic, some quirky), plus dozens of food and cooking-related anecdotes, memories, humorous asides, and period photos that transport readers back to Mom’s or Grandma’s kitchen, circa 1950.

The Sanvidges share a legacy of beloved dishes and food memories that resonate not just for their family, but for readers everywhere who grew up in a small midwestern town—or wish they had. Nostalgic, funny, and warmhearted, Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe celebrates the ways food and food memories link us to our past, and to each other. A delightful gift for food lovers of any generation.

Author Bios

The Sanvidge sisters Susan, Jean, Diane, and Julie were all born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, between 1948 and 1958.

Susan Sanvidge

Susan Sanvidge is a freelance graphic designer now living in Chicago.

Diane Sanvidge Seckar

Diane Sanvidge Seckar is an electrician and co-owner of Seckar Electric; she also designs and makes crocheted hats and purses. Diane lives in Winneconne, Wisconsin.

Jean Sanvidge Wouters

Jean Sanvidge Wouters is a homemaker and volunteer; she lives in Winneconne, Wisconsin.

Julie Sanvidge Florence

Julie Sanvidge Florence is the director of the Lebanon Public Library, Lebanon, Ohio.

I chuckled all the way through this delightful book. I felt like I was spending a sunny afternoon visiting with the charming Sanvidge sisters as they tell their funny, warm, and wonderful stories about growing up in 1950s Wisconsin. Each recipe evokes family memories (which each sister remembers a little differently . . . ) and conjures up a time and place that has become an American icon.

Judith Fertig

Author of “Prairie Home Cooking”

“From the first page to the last, the mouthwatering recipes and the rich family reminiscences drew me in and kept me there, giving me a wonderful serving of the tastes and textures of growing up in Wisconsin.”

—Patty Pinner, author of Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie

“The four Sanvidge sisters will take you back to a cozy childhood of canned soup casseroles, relish trays, and Crisco. From their Mom’s lime Jell-O and cottage cheese salad to their Dad’s applesauce, Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe is a charming paean to their Oshkosh family and the food we all grew up with.”

—Anne Dimock, author of Humble Pie: Musings on What Lies Beneath the Crust