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Praise for The Secret to Tender Pie

  • "The Secret to Tender Pie is jam-packed with gustary delights
    from grandma's kitchen."

    — John Darcy, Peekskill Herald

  • "This delightful book of memories and photographs will
    remind you of who you are, and of what is important to your
    family's collective history."

    — Lucy Perez, Kattering Ohio Times

  • "Not only is the book a lovely keepsake of the recipes
    collected by the author from many donors, but also, with
    almost every grandmother photographed, it is a record of the
    first sixty years of the twentieth century."

    — Ann Harwood, Ala Carte in New Jersey Packet

  • "I hope this book will remind mothers and aunts, fathers and
    uncles to write down their prized recipes and pass them on to
    family members."

    — Donna Segal, Indianapolis Star

  • "Bessie B. Cecil. Her home cooking inspired her
    granddaughter to write a recipe book."

    — Molly Dugan, Sacramento Bee

  • "[Tender Pie is] a book of memories, treasured old
    photographs of grandmothers in their younger days and their
    kitchen 'secrets.'"

    — Vivian Taylor, Fresno Bee

  • "This is exactly what Mindy Marin has done in her book The
    Secret to Tender Pie, as she pays homage to the women who
    molded and nourished generation after generation of
    Americans."

    — Sophia Bicos, Pasadena Weekly

  • "Comfort-food lovers will drool over this quaint, handsome and
    high-cal collection of favorite recipes from grandmothers across
    America."

    — Paula Chun, People Weekly

  • "It's a compilation of family photos and personal histories,
    lovingly shared among the generations. It's a lot like looking
    through a family scrapbook with the recipes tucked in."

    — Sue Sherman, Tempo

  • "Tender Pie is casting director Mindy Marin's compilation of
    recipes for Grandma's old-fashioned comfort food."

    — In Style Magazine

  • "A valentine to the grandmothers of the world."

    — LA Times Newsbites

  • "Grandmothers' cuisine lives on in grandchildren's memories
    more for the affection expressed through the food than for the
    cooking itself."

    — Mark Knoblauch,

  • "This book strikes at the heart from the moment the dedication
    page appears from author Mindy Marin: 'For my grandma, Bessie
    Cecil.'"

    — Craig Reem, OC Metro

  • "The little book is a treasure from a time when fast food hadn't
    been invented and love was a main ingredient."

    — Julie Muhlstein, Everett Washington Herald

  • "This is a book that celebrates two of life's treasures:
    grandmothers and good cooking."

    — Knight-Ridder news service

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