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Cookbook review

Jennifer Trainer Thompson raised chickens, writes about eggs

By T. Susan Chang

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 09, 2012

Each spring brings another flock of backyard chicken books. Sometimes they’re how-to’s, or memoirs, but there’s usually at least one cookbook. This year’s “The Fresh Egg Cookbook” comes from Jennifer Trainer Thompson, a Berkshires-based cookbook author. It’s got anecdotes, pictures, and a smattering of advice on raising your own hens. But mostly it’s a straight-ahead cookbook, and quite a capable one.

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