Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5974
EAN num: 9781568300139
Format: Bargain Price
ISBN number: 1568300131
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: July 06, 2005
Publishing house: Hyperion
Release Date: July 06, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 831885
Studio: Hyperion
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The very best New England recipes from America's most beloved fisherman -- and her mother!
A New England cookbook from Linda Greenlaw and her mother.
Linda Greenlaw has already let readers in on the thrilling, often hilarious onboard lives of fishermen. Now she and her mother reveal what happens onshore -- in fishermen's kitchens. Packed with colorful anecdotes about seaside life and brimming with more than seventy-five delicious recipes ranging from Penobscot Bay Clam Dip and Point Lookout Lobster Salad to Fishermen's Beef with Guinness, Down East Crab Cakes, and Maine Blueberry Pie, this collection showcases the talents and idiosyncratic charms of the Greenlaw family, as well as the delicious cuisine of coastal New England.
Written in Linda's inimitable and witty style, Stuffed to the Gills is a cookbook that you'll want to savor, and you won't be able to resist serving up its delicious New England classics to your hungry crew!
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This cookbook really gives you a feel for the authors and is obviously written by two women who love to cook and love to eat.
Some of the recipes are a little ordinary(Jell-o shots, baking powder biscuits,lamb shish kababs), but that is not to say that you won't make them and everyone won't enjoy them. Others are unusual but very simple to make (Mussels ont he half-shell with two asian sauces or grilled marinated scallops with ginger and sesame).
I use the recipe for Cranberry-pear crisp with almond topping often (when I can beat out the deer for the pears that grow in our yard). The Maine Blueberry pie is another staple...it turns out great every time (and if it isn't blueberry season it use frozen....also great with half blueberries, half blackberries.)
My children love the Fresh Lemon Rice, the Peas with Mint and Dick's amazing stuffed clams.
The best, straightforward recipe for a lobster roll is in this book!
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Having read all of Linda Greenlaw's other books and enjoyed them a good deal, I ordered "Recipes from a Very Small Island" to complete the set! Well, not really...at least not totally. But I though "it's just a cook book".
So you might not be able to imagine my delight when this book arrived and I started to look through it. First of all, the book is just lovely to look at. The photographs of the food by Joseph Deleo and of Isle au Haut, Linda and her parents by Sara Gray are beautiful.
Second, while I admit I have not tested any of the recipes yet, since it just arrived, they look very promising. Many are classics you might expect from a cookbook from 'a very small Maine island' like blueberry pie, chicken pie with herb biscuits, maple flavored baked beans and her mom Martha's famous lobster casserole.
But then there are a number of interesting sounding surprises...crab madeleines, braised lamb shanks with dried apricots, grilled salmon with blueberry corn salsa....beef stifado..
Actually, there is not a recipe in this book that does not sound interesting and worth trying.
Another very nice part of the book is that each recipe is preceded by a brief introduction from either Linda or her mother Martha. Sometimes, it is just a few lines and sometimes it is an amusing little story about some incident with the dish in the past. Every one enhances the recipe that follows.
If you are a fan of Ms. Greenlaw's other books, especially "The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island", I think you will find the ten or so short essays, filled with Ms. Greenlaw's ever present dry humor, throughout the book a lovely addition. The subjects range from "The Beginner's Guide to Clambakes or How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Lobster" to an introduction to "The Pie Lady". Delightful....lol
I am sure this will be a treasured book in my library, not just for the food but for another of Ms. Greenlaw's charming views into life and family on a very small island on the beautiful coast of Maine.
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Excellent recipes from a remote island off the coast of Maine. Great photography as well. Recipes are clearly written with none of the upscale gourmet ingredients which sometimes prevent the novice cook from trying something. A good choice for a house-warming gift.
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This is very nice story. I like Linda's books because these are real people doing real stuff. She explains what she's doing and why. To me that is all important. Reading these books is like reading a diary. If I ever get around to doing a family history I'll write it the same way. I can't wait to go from book to book.
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This cookbook by far is my favorite. It has great stories to go along with some wonderful recipes. I have tried several recipes so far and have loved them. I like having two new friends in my kitchen...that can cook!!
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