Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook: Traditional New England & Indian Recipes, Images & Lore [Paperback]

Earl Mills (Author), Betty Breen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

Earl Mills, (Chief Flying Eagle) a sachem of the Cape Cod Mashpee Wampanoag Indians, is a contemporary gourmet chef, who shares with the reader time-tested recipes handed down by his ancestors and perfected at his popular Cape Cod restaurant, The Flume. Homespun narratives and blessings over meals precede Cape Cod recipes ranging from Quahog Chowder to Indian Pudding. This down-home mix of comfort foods and nostalgia offers an invitation to succumb to fond memories, take control of "hearth and soul," and rediscover the passion of good eating. Every recipe in this book has been taste-tested to perfection. Each story and blessing transports to an earlier and more basic lifetime and connects us all through food, the good earth, and our own roots. Mills and Breen show us how to incorporate our best yesterdays into our modern lives, mixing gentle nostalgia with up-to-date tips on food preparation. Recipes include soups and chowders, breads, salads and dressings, pastries, meats, game, seafood, vegetables, pasta, sauces, and desserts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Clear Light Books; 1 edition (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574160575
• ISBN-13: 978-1574160574
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Native American

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook, November 27, 2001

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Bolton Harris (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook: Traditional New England & Indian Recipes, Images & Lore (Paperback)

More Patti Page's "Old Cape Cod" than a collection of recipes, The Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook is a wonderful concoction of good reading and favorite meals simplified. Essays are interspersed with mouth-watering and heart-warming dinners, soups, chowders, and breads. A history of the cranberry bogs winds its way through one chapter, carefully following the transition from a time when native children crawled on hands and knees to pick cranberries by hand to the modern method of wet harvesting the bogs. A childhood spent as an Indian guide for hunting and fishing expeditions is well documented in charming narratives spinkled through the book. Earl Mills' voice comes throgh in stories which are divided according to the four seasons, telling readers how his people lived according to the land.
The owner and cook of a popular Cape Cod restaurant for close to thirty years, Mills is Chief Flying Eagle of the Mashpee Wampanoags and former athletic director of the Falmouth , MA public schools. Breen, who has captured his spirit as well as a native respect for Mother Earth, has also captured Cape Cod at its best. Her thoughts on Thanksgiving are worth the price of this little gem of a book.
I read the book cover to cover and then bought it for every one on my Christmas list. Readers, eaters and cooks alike will cherish this delightful gem!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars finding good food, November 5, 2006

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Janet Daniels "reader of many" (slc, ut) - See all my reviews
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I'm orginanly from Cape Cod and a small part Wampanoag, may even be related to Mr. Mills. Have tried some of the recipes and they
take my back to my childhood in Orleans. I really enjoy the stories that he has written, I have been to some of those places. The book has been a great joy to me, it brings a smile to my face and a warm feeling in my heart, thank you for the return trip to my younger years, both with the stories and places but also the wonderful recipes

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, January 21, 2010

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Janet (Cape Cod) - See all my reviews

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I live on Cape Cod and have eaten at the Flume Restaurant before it was sold. Being born here, a lot of the recipes I enjoyed as a kid and have continued to make for my family. I really enjoyed the pictures and lore of the Wampanoag Indians!