When first published in 1976, More-with-Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre struck a nerve with its call for every household to help solve the world food crisis. Now with more than 850,000 copies around the globe, it has become the favorite cookbook of many families. Full of recipes from hundreds of contributors, More-with-Less Cookbook offers suggestions “on how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited food resources.” This 25th anniversary edition features a new foreword along with the original collection of recipes—spiced with anecdotes, comments, and tips gleaned from 25 years of cooking “more-with-less.”

"When searching for a natural-foods cookbook, it’s easy to get swept away in the eye-popping visuals, the thick, glossy pages, and the sleek typefaces. The choices are dizzying; one national bookseller offers over 15,000 cooking titles, and that’s not even counting the 150,000 additional options offered in the wellness section.

"But while colorful photos of expertly-arranged super foods may be appealing and even inspiring, the relentless demands and limitations of everyday life often call for something more practical. It is moments like this when recipes from the classic More-with-Less Cookbook, in its 47th printing, never fail to impress.

"Originally published in 1976, this quiet classic was commissioned by the Mennonite Central Committee as a collective call to responsible eating in light of the world food crisis. Driven by the question, “How do we begin using less?”, MCC constituents committed themselves to eating and spending less. During this time of intentional lifestyle change, many developed resource-conscious recipes that were subsequently tested and published in the More-with-Less Cookbook.