The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook: Door County Cherry Pie, Sheboygan Bratwurst, Traverse City Trout, and 115 More Regional Favorites

by Amelia Levin

Overview

This collection of 118 recipes captures the evocative food experiences of the Lake Michigan region, an ultimate vacation destination with hundreds of miles of shoreline and rich food traditions reflecting the bounty of the area’s farms and the lake’s daily catch. Recipes include Helen Suchy’s Apple Cake from Door County, Homemade Sheboygan-Style Bratwurst, Chicago’s HBFC Original Fried Chicken Sandwich, Beach House Cheesy Potatoes from Northwest Indiana, and The Cook’s House Crispy Skinned Lake Trout from Traverse City. Delightful photographs of cottage life and classic destinations, along with profiles of favorite food purveyors, bring the lakeshore’s flavors and charm to you year-round, wherever you are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612127323
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	637,122
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Amelia Levin is a Chicago-based food writer, chef, cookbook author, and passionate Midwesterner. She grew up in the Chicago area, vacationed for 30 years in Wisconsin, went to college in Michigan, and has since traveled throughout the entire northern Midwest for both fun and business. She contributes to Edible Chicago magazine and is the food editor at FSR, a trade magazine for full-service restaurants. She is the author of Chicago Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City. 

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Wisconsin
  Chapter 1: Door County
  Chapter 2: Sheboygan and Kohler
  Chapter 3: Milwaukee
Illinois and Indiana
  Chapter 4: Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Michigan
  Chapter 5: Harbor Country
  Chapter 6: Southwest Michigan
  Chapter 7: Saugatuck, Douglas, and Fennville
  Chapter 8: Traverse City and the Peninsulas
Recipes by Type
Acknowledgments
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index

Editorial Reviews

Captures the magical world of Lake Michigan cottage life with seasonal recipes inspired by the fresh, delicious food of our fertile local farms and cool crystal waters.” — Maureen Abood, author of Rose Water Orange Blossoms

“Part cookbook and part culinary travel guide, this book unearths the simple charms and gustatory delights that grace the oft-overlooked shores of America’s Third Coast.” — Lori Fredrich, food writer and author of Milwaukee Food
 

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