Iron Mother

You’re invited to open your larder of remembrances as you read Pork Chops & Applesauce—A Collection of Recipes and Reflections a cookbook that was planted, cultivated and harvested from the heart. Cynthia Briggs has written a nostalgic slice-of-life cookbook, one the reader is drawn to as Cynthia’s story journeys back through her childhood adventures of growing up on an Oregon homestead. Her humorous recounting of raising her children on a Pacific Northwest farm, coupled with the comfortable easiness of those simpler times, touches the heart of the reader. Pork Chops & Applesauce is a uniquely heart warming cookbook offering a variety of sumptuous home-cooking style recipes that provide wholesome nourishment to the reader’s soul. Cynthia gives her audience a glimpse of her past as she dishes-up fond memories of those with whom she has shared plentiful dinners and prized recipes. Cynthia’s interviews with Southwest cooks highlight her ardent belief that through the joy of cooking, all culinary hearts beat as one. She believes through the sharing of our recipes we engage in an ongoing connection with family, friends and acquaintances—bonds we carry with us through our lives.