In Tara Borek’s first cookbook, you will find time-tested recipes to make for your family, as well as unique ideas for entertaining a new friend with a cozy dinner around the fire, the ladies at a church social, or even the whole neighborhood! Tara uses simple ingredients that are readily available at your local grocery store. And since there is often a fun or interesting story behind her recipes, she has included multiple warmly personal vignettes that give you a glimpse into her exciting world.

Included are her ideas for:
-simplifying your meals with pre-preparation
-imaginative edible gifts
-festive menus
-themed table décor
-fun with kids in the kitchen
-making memorable moments

In Tara Borek’s first cookbook, you will find time-tested recipes to make for your family, as well as unique ideas for entertaining a new friend with a cozy dinner around the fire, the ladies at a church social, or even the whole neighborhood! Tara uses simple ingredients that are readily available at your local grocery store. And since there is often a fun or interesting story behind her recipes, she has included multiple warmly personal vignettes that give you a glimpse into her exciting world.

Included are her ideas for:
-simplifying your meals with pre-preparation
-imaginative edible gifts
-festive menus
-themed table décor
-fun with kids in the kitchen
-making memorable moments

“Debra Brawner has beautifully illustrated in her stories, biblical wisdom, and family-pleasing recipes that the art of cooking is not lost. Our ever-present time crunch and the availability of restaurants and prepared foods have led some straight out of the kitchen, but Debra gently leads us right back, into the pleasure of cooking. She stirs not only the comforting pot of soup, but our souls as well. She cooks up far more than delicious food, but that which satisfies and strengthens the soul and spirit.

“I love her tour through the biblical fruits of the Spirit and her recipes that they inspire. Here is a book showcasing the heart of God toward us, with a practical guide to good food. God creates the fruit and then puts it into the hands of His people like Debra to prepare it and dish it out to a hurting world.

“It is wonderful to observe and experience the fruit of the Spirit growing in a person. It produces a renewed heart, a different way of thinking and good will toward God and people. That is a recipe for happiness and fulfilled destiny, and obtainable for each of us as we receive God’s love and learn His ways. These wonders are served up within these pages.”
—Dianne Davis, Southwest US Director for Aglow International

Make this cookbook the beginning or the continuation of innumerable cheerful moments of cooking for you and your family in your kitchen for many years to come.  It is filled with 150 of the tastiest recipes ever revealed to the public through the media.   Some of the recipes include fried chicken, soy sauce honey wings, barbecued ribs, stew beef and potatoes, fried fish, chicken and dumplings, turkey and dressing, sausage gravy and biscuits, chicken wraps, chicken wontons, curried Cajun spiced chicken, coconut shrimp, and many more.  

Thank God for giving me a vision and the determination to complete this volume.  A heart with the capacity to love the way that He does is my desire.  May this cookbook be an enlightenment to encourage and promote growth in your spiritual lives or to bring about a conviction for change; that’s the decision that each individual must make for himself.

“Debra Brawner has beautifully illustrated in her stories, biblical wisdom, and family-pleasing recipes that the art of cooking is not lost. Our ever-present time crunch and the availability of restaurants and prepared foods have led some straight out of the kitchen, but Debra gently leads us right back, into the pleasure of cooking. She stirs not only the comforting pot of soup, but our souls as well. She cooks up far more than delicious food, but that which satisfies and strengthens the soul and spirit.

“I love her tour through the biblical fruits of the Spirit and her recipes that they inspire. Here is a book showcasing the heart of God toward us, with a practical guide to good food. God creates the fruit and then puts it into the hands of His people like Debra to prepare it and dish it out to a hurting world.

“It is wonderful to observe and experience the fruit of the Spirit growing in a person. It produces a renewed heart, a different way of thinking and good will toward God and people. That is a recipe for happiness and fulfilled destiny, and obtainable for each of us as we receive God’s love and learn His ways. These wonders are served up within these pages.”
—Dianne Davis, Southwest US Director for Aglow International

“Debra Brawner has beautifully illustrated in her stories, biblical wisdom, and family-pleasing recipes that the art of cooking is not lost. Our ever-present time crunch and the availability of restaurants and prepared foods have led some straight out of the kitchen, but Debra gently leads us right back, into the pleasure of cooking. She stirs not only the comforting pot of soup, but our souls as well. She cooks up far more than delicious food, but that which satisfies and strengthens the soul and spirit.

“I love her tour through the biblical fruits of the Spirit and her recipes that they inspire. Here is a book showcasing the heart of God toward us, with a practical guide to good food. God creates the fruit and then puts it into the hands of His people like Debra to prepare it and dish it out to a hurting world.

“It is wonderful to observe and experience the fruit of the Spirit growing in a person. It produces a renewed heart, a different way of thinking and good will toward God and people. That is a recipe for happiness and fulfilled destiny, and obtainable for each of us as we receive God’s love and learn His ways. These wonders are served up within these pages.”
—Dianne Davis, Southwest US Director for Aglow International

Wisdom and Recipes was written for mothers and daughters. More specifically, it is intended for mothers to share with their daughters as they begin to grow up and become independent. Before your daughter leaves home to make her own way in the world, the wisdom and recipes contained in this volume may serve as a gentle reminder from you that says, “Remember all that I taught you, be careful out there, and don’t forget to eat!”

Wisdom and Recipes was written for mothers and daughters. More specifically, it is intended for mothers to share with their daughters as they begin to grow up and become independent. Before your daughter leaves home to make her own way in the world, the wisdom and recipes contained in this volume may serve as a gentle reminder from you that says, “Remember all that I taught you, be careful out there, and don’t forget to eat!”