FLORA IN HER KITCHEN contains over 100 recipes as prepared by Flora Chiarello Menges of Albany, NY. Born in 1913 to an Italian immigrant family, and married for over forty years to Theodore Menges, of German-American background, Flora prepared both the old-country Italian dishes of her mother, Lucia Longo Chiarello, and the German-American recipes such as sauerbraten and apfelkuchen, beloved by her husband. This is basic home cooking--no fusion cuisine here--as practiced by a woman who has been an inspiration to her many nieces and cousins.