The Only Hand: A Cookbook that Comes Straight from the Heart: Take One Cup of Inspiration, Two Tablespoons of Resilience and a Healthy Serving of Courage and Hardy Resolve; Blend Them all Together and You've Got a Recipe for the Remarkable Life Story of Margie Glassford
Margie Glassford -- Margaret MacNaughton Glassford, to be a bit more formal -- has seen pretty much everything that life has to offer.
(PRWEB) January 2, 2008
The Only Hand: A cookbook that comes straight from the heart. Take one cup of inspiration, two tablespoons of resilience and a healthy serving of courage and hardy resolve. Blend them all together and you've got a recipe for the remarkable life story of Margie Glassford.
Margie Glassford -- Margaret MacNaughton Glassford, to be a bit more formal -- has seen pretty much everything that life has to offer.
Her father was killed in a D-Day battle when Margie was just nine years old. One of her three adopted children -- Jeffrey -- was killed in an accident just before the Christmas of 1971. And in 1994, totally without warning, she suffered a cerebral aneurysm that paralyzed her entire left side.
So, what did Margie Glassford do? With the use of just her right hand, she re-discovered the joys of cooking and entertaining, focusing her culinary energies on the kinds of healthy meals that were so vital to her recovery. She cooked up a storm, she hosted her friends for evenings of good food and conversation -- and she found a new energy, a new joy, in her life.
And now, Margie Glassford has taken it one step further: She has prepared a cookbook -- The Only Hand: A Cookbook -- and while her intent is to help those who may have only partial use of their hands, it's an enormously valuable resource for anyone who enjoys spending time in the kitchen.
The recipes cover a lot of ground -- from hors d'oeuvres, to soups, to side dishes, to main courses -- and, of course, on to dessert. There is much here that is unique and wonderfully delicious: chilled radish buttermilk soup, carrot soup with toasted almonds, scallops with asparagus, parsnips with gorgonzola cheese. The bonus? Every single recipe can be made with ease.
The Only Hand is, of course, a cookbook -- and a very good one. More than that, it is also an inspiration, the product of a woman who has faced some very difficult challenges over the course of her life, but has stepped up to meet every single one with a form of courage that can only inspire the rest of us.
Author Glassford says she gets her strength from her upbringing and her "Maritime grit.'' She also gets it straight from her own heart -- which is exactly where The Only Hand comes from as well. Read this book, test the recipes and feel the warmth and spirit of Margie Glassford's heart.
The Only Hand: A Cookbook -- Part 2
By Margaret MacNaughton Glassford
ISBN: 9780978345808
$19.95 Cdn
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