No Man Knows My Pastries: The Secret (Not Sacred) Recipes of Sister Enid Christensen

"A Marvelous Work with Wonder Bread, " "Jesus-Fed-the-Multitudes Tuna Helper, " and "I Knead Thee Every Hour Rolls" are among the heirloom recipes shared by Sister Christensen in No Man Knows My Pastries. This faux cookbook chronicles the special love affair Mormons have with lowbrow eating and provides easy, step-by-step directions for preparation of the likes of bologna mock chicken wings.Sister Christensen illustrates her favorite culinary hints with photographs and charts. Her ingenious "Jell-O Matrix" will help readers match flavors and ingredients with appropriate party themes; her "Mauve Wedding Punch" will match most bridesmaids' dresses; and kids will "massacre" her "Mountain Meadows Muffins." From "In-Breads" to "Just Desserts, " this is the "kreme" of Utah cuisine."I've been mobbed for a recipe after more than one pot luck, " Sister Christensen admits in her preface, adding that it makes her "sad to think there are brethren and sisters who have not discovered the joy of diced Spam casserole." Only out of duty to the betterment of ward dinners everywhere did she consent to committing her secrets to paper. "So, " she urges housewives, "if you've got the stomach for it, I've got the recipes."Roger B. Salazar is the author of 'No Man Knows My Pastries: The Secret (Not Sacred) Recipes of Sister Enid Christensen', published 1992 under ISBN 9781560850281 and ISBN 1560850280.