Andrea Diehl

A big, heavy hardcover of everything pertaining to the famous Vermont general store, written with five members of the Orton family. This includes the beginnings of the store by husband and wife Vrest and Mildred Orton in the 1940s, its first products, their way of doing business, and goes all the way to present day being run by the Orton's son and grandchildren. There are plenty of pictures of the store, employees and products throughout the years, and stories. Also, lots of good recipes for things like ginger molasses cookies, maple bonbons, maple and molasses baked beans, and venison apple chili. And with the beautiful food and landscape photos, this is a good choice for Autumn.… (más)