Peg Bracken (1918–2007)
Author of The I Hate to Cook Book: More Than 180 Quick and Easy Recipes
About the Author
Image credit: From the back of her book I Didn't Come Here To Argue
Series
Works by Peg Bracken
The Compleat I Hate to Cook Book: Over 440 World-Famous Recipes with Good-Humored Tips and Shortcuts (1986) 200 copies
The I Hate to Cook Almanack: A Book of Days: Recipes and Relief for the Reluctant Cook and the Harried Houseperson (1976) 61 copies
But I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World! The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned Traveler (1973) 52 copies
Peg Bracken's Gift Box 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Bracken, Peg
- Legal name
- Bracken, Ruth Eleanor
- Birthdate
- 1918-02-25
- Date of death
- 2007-10-20
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Filer, Idaho, USA
- Place of death
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Places of residence
- Filer, Idaho, USA (Birthplace)
Clayton, Missouri, USA (Childhood)
Portland, Oregon, USA
Hawaii, USA - Education
- Antioch College
- Occupations
- Author
Advertising Copywriter - Relationships
- Smith, Mike (first husband)
Lull, Roderick (second husband)
Edwards, Parker (third husband)
Ohman, John (fourth husband)
Bracken, Johanna (daughter) - Short biography
- Peg Bracken wrote humorous, sometimes sarcastic, books and magazine articles on cooking and housekeeping that showed American women that she wasn't a perfect homemaker and they didn't have to be, either.
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Statistics
- Works
- 14
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,545
- Popularity
- #16,670
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 37
- ISBNs
- 41
- Favorited
- 2
It's written in a funny, breezy style and while some of it's dated now (the chapters on dinner parties and ladies luncheons especially), there is still a lot of great things in it. What's fabulous is that none of the recipes require fancy ingredients (although it's pretty funny to see lamb considered a cheap meat and assuming everyone has a well-stocked bar of liqueurs) or long prep times. A lot of recipes here use either cream or mushrooms (I hate both) but I still found some simple recipes that I want to try.
If you're like me, who doesn't want to spend ages cooking, I'd recommend checking out this classic.… (more)