Maine Home Cooking: 175 Recipes from Down East Kitchens

by Sandra Oliver

Overview

Residing on Maine's Islesboro Island, Sandra Oliver is a revered food historian with a vast knowledge of New England food history, subsistence living, and Yankee cooking. She publishes a weekly recipe column,"Tastebuds," in the Bangor Daily News. The column has featured hundreds of recipes—from classic tried-and-true dishes to innovative uses for traditional ingredients. Collecting 175 recipes from her column and elsewhere, and emphasizing fresh, local ingredients, as well as the common ingredients found in most kitchens, this volume represents a new standard in home cooking.

In this comprehensive tome, Oliver brings the traditions and recipes of generations of Maine home cooks to life. Peppered with funny and useful advice from her island kitchen and garden, this book is chock-full of wisdom and stories. Whether you need a quick weekday meal or are indulging in a New England feast, these recipes are a delicious way to eat well and experience the culinary heritage of Maine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684750740
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	01/31/2024
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	1,044,654
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sandra Oliver is a pioneering food historian who began her work in 1971 at Mystic Seaport Museum, where she developed a fireplace cooking program in an 1830s house.
Sandra is a freelance food writer, with her column, "Tastebuds", appearing each weekend in the Bangor Daily News, and regular columns in Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors magazine and the Working Waterfront. She is also the author of the books, Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and Their Foods at Sea and Ashore in the 19th Century, The Food of Colonial and Federal America and Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving History and Recipes from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie, which she co-authored with Kathleen Curtin.
She often speaks to historical organizations and food professional groups around the country, organizes historical dinners, and conducts classes and workshops in food history and sustainable gardening and cooking. Sandy lives on Islesboro, and island in Penobscot Bay, where she gardens, preserves, cooks, and teaches sustainable lifeways.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Home Cooking in Maine 11

Classic Down East Dishes 21

Homey Favorites 77

Modern Maine Cooking 129

Desserts of Maine 167

Fresh and Seasonal 211

Well Preserved 255

Acknowledgments 275

Contributor List 276

Ingredient Index 278

Recipe Index 280

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Amen! A wonderful read. Real deal Maine home cooking as it was, is now, and (probably) ever shall be: comfort and practicality without end, from a warm, helpful—and very funny—expert on all things Down East. —Leslie Land, former New York Times garden columnist This is the book I've been waiting for. It's packed with good food and good humor. Sandra has a contagious enthusiasm for our great cuisine—from whoopie pies to sour pickles, it's all in here. People from away will find tantalizing surprises, while old-timers will relive memories from their mothers' and grandmothers' kitchens. —Nancy Harmon Jenkins