From baked beans to apple cider, from clam chowder to pumpkin pie, Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald’s culinary history reveals the complex and colorful origins of New England foods and cookery. Featuring hosts of stories and recipes derived from generations of New Englanders of diverse backgrounds, America’s Founding Food chronicles the region’s cuisine, from the English settlers’ first …
Good Maine Food: Ancient and Modern New England Food & Drink
Old recipes, like old friends, are usually most dependable, observes noted author Kenneth Roberts in his pithy introduction to this classic recipe compendium put together by his niece, Marjorie Mosser, in the 1930s. The long career of this bible of Maine cookery has proved him right. With Robert’s outspoken commentaries sprinkled throughout, excerpts from some of his best-selling …
From rolling hills and craggy rock walls, sparkling countryside vistas to small city delights, Vermont is a rarity, a place where wilderness and civilized city pleasures go hand in hand. Each of the four seasons in Vermont offers distinct charms, showcasing the uniqueness of this special state. A popular destination for travelers, Vermont is evocative of a purer, …
Providence & Rhode Island Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes From The Ocean State
The state of Rhode Island is so small, it’s more like a city-state with just about everything within easy driving distance. Rhode Island really is like one big city where you can drive thirty minutes in any direction and find a restaurant worthy of your time and money.Rue de l’Espoir and Pot au Feu were the early pioneers, …
Food Lovers’ Guides Indispensable handbooks to local gastronomic delights The ultimate guides to the food scene in their respective states or regions, these books provide the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Engagingly written by local authorities, they are a one-stop for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of …
A Life in Balance: Delicious Plant-based Recipes for Optimal Health
The first title in Down East Books’ ‘Best Maine Food’ series, this inspirational cookbook proves that good food fosters good health. When conventional medical treatments couldn’t stop Meg Wolff’s breast cancer in 1998, doctors told her to prepare her soul. Instead, she began a diet based on whole grains, vegetables and beans – and started getting better. Now …
Commercially harvested only in Maine and parts of Canada, wild blueberries are prized for their intense flavor and color. The Wild Blueberry Book follows the story of these luscious berries as they make their way from the barrens to your table, with some stops along the way for pie-eating contests, baking competitions, and even an annual musical celebrating …
Throughout their 54-year marriage, John and Abigail Adams enjoyed hearty, diverse cuisine in their native Massachusetts, as well as in New York, Philadelphia, and Europe. Raised with traditional New England palates, they feasted on cod, roast turkey, mince pie, and plum pudding. These recipes, as well as dishes from published cookbooks settlers brought from the Old World, such …
Maple Sugaring: Keeping It Real in New England (Garnet Books)
Maple Sugaring gives readers an intimate look at the art and science of America’s favorite sweet. These stories, told by real-life sugarmakers, reveal how this ancient industry has continued into the twenty-first century. Thanks to the newest technology, and patience, New England sugarmakers are still keeping it real. A former maple sugarmaker and board member of the Maple …
Great Italian American Food in New England: History, Traditions & Memories
Explore the Italian enclaves in New England and the evolution of Italian-American cuisine through profiles of the people, places, and communities and interviews with local chefs, pizzeria owners, butchers, and specialty shops purveyors. Alongside these stories is a mix of historical and modern photos as well as classic recipes passed down through generations and from establishments that still …