Recipes and Wooden Spoons-Review

Recipes and Wooden Spoons by Judy Baer

First, this is a series of books.  There are several of them, I've lost count of how many, but they are all wonderful.  Some might find them a slow read, but I have grown to love these characters and the lessons that are to be learned from them.

Description(from CBD): 

While cleaning out the cluttered basement of Grace Chapel Inn, Jane Howard finds an old cookbook brimming with her mother's recipes and handwritten notes. Jane has always been hungry for details about her mother, Madeleine, who died while giving birth to Jane. Through the precious, fragile pages of the recipe book, Jane comes to discover the spirit of the mother she never had the chance to know. And she comes to better understand her relationship with her two older sisters. But when the inn gets busy and money troubles threaten, Jane wonders if moving back to Acorn Hill was a big mistake. Her crisis of faith leads to new questions and solutions for the inn--and for Jane herself. This lively and engaging story will have readers excitedly waiting for the nest title in the series, so they can learn more about the endearing Howard sisters.

My Opinion:  As I stated above, I love this series of books.  I enjoy following Jane, Louise, and Alice as they turn their family home into an inn and love reading of their adventures in keeping it afloat.  This particular book focused on Jane and her relationship with her mother who died shortly after giving birth.  Jane knows very little of who her mother was as a person and this book follows her journey as she learns about her mother through other people and an old cookbook filled with her mother's favorite recipes and side notes.