The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson's Recipes and Memories
Hailed as the most architecturally significant private residence in the United States, Fallingwater was a welcome retreat for Edgar J. Kaufmann, his wife Liliane, their son, Edgar jr., and their many guests. The Fallingwater Cookbook captures the experience of fine and casual dining at this famed home. Suzanne Martinson, former food editor and writer for the Pittsburgh Press and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, relates recipes from Elsie Henderson, the longtime and last cook for the Kaufmann...
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Martinson gathers recipes from Elsie Henderson, the longtime and last cook for the Kaufmann family, along with Henderson's memories of life at Fallingwater and her encounters with the Kaufmanns, John Heinz, Senator Ted Kennedy, and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others. Also includes recipes from chef Robert Sendall, cooking instructor Jane Citron, and Mary Ann Moreau, former chef of the Fallingwater Café. Artful photographs of food, architecture, landscape, and the family and guests who visited Fallingwater round out the collection.
\ From Barnes & NobleFor architecture buffs, Fallingwater needs no introduction. Once the most celebrated private home in the country (it is now entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy), this 1935 Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece has been the subject of books, calendars, poems, and now a cookbook. For decades beginning in the '30s, Elsie Henderson cooked for the Kaufmanns, the original owners of this house, and their many weekend guests, including Senator Ted Kennedy and Wright himself. The Fallingwater Cookbook contains a generous selection of Henderson's recipes and stories, supplemented by additional offerings by other Fallingwater cooks.\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher“Many people cook to entertain, but this book will entertain while you cook. Longtime and last Fallingwater cook Elsie Henderson fills the pages with delectable recipes and lively anecdotes.”\ —Western Pennsylvania History\ “The exterior of Wright's architectural wonder, Fallingwater, is recognized throughout the world, but less is known about the interior life of this famous house. Now, through the wonderful recipes of Elsie Henderson, we come to know something about the tastes and hospitality of the people who lived there. In this enlightening book, food communicates the nature of the cook as well as the family and guests who were privileged to dine within this extraordinary place.”\ --Barbara Haber, author, From Hardtack to Homefries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals\ \ \ \
