Searching for Watercress

By Rose Marie Bratek / Charlotte, NC

"I never cooked before I was married," begins the author's light-hearted account of 40 years of cooking and entertaining. As a young bride, she made mistakes, but had fun; faced challenges of living in Germany, coaxing her toddler to eat, recreating family recipes and hosting parties as a headmaster's wife. Every recipe is shown in color and includes theme parties such as Route 66, Motown and Westerns.