Cooking as Life: The Story of Annie Myrtle Swartz and Her Excellent Cooking Pot

Find Annie's Recipes Inside!

Cook to Live.

Live to love.

Love to cook.

Annie's motto was to take what life offered you and don't look back.

That's how she lived, as wife, mother, and grandmother.

Annie didn't take no for an answer. She might not have the luxuries, but she had what she needed most.

Annie had her excellent cooking pot, and from it, she ladled out love to anyone who stopped by her house.

Annie was my grandmother, and from her I learned that when life's not fair, your favorite recipes are your bulwark against the world.

This is Annie's story of cooking, of loving, and of the excellent life she lived.