Nantucket Open-House Cookbook [Paperback]

Sarah Leah Chase (Author), Judith Shahn (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 29, 1987

Sarah Leah Chase, co-author of The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, knows that summer means long, lazy days of fun and getting together, of throwing the doors open and inviting over everyone you know for the pleasures of good company and good food. Now, cooks everywhere can create more than 250 of the recipes that have drawn hungry visitors and residents to her popular gourmet shop, Que Sera Sarah on Nantucket Island.

The author's eclectic combinations center on the freshest of seafood and produce, and induce hearty summer appetites to indulge in a unique chilled clam chowder, a fresh beachfront salad of Scallops with Orange and Chervil Vinaigrette, savory empanadas and turnovers, or a beautifully grilled bluefish redolent with lavender. Sumptuous meals must end with the proper desserts: an extravagantly rich Chocolate Bombe or a fruit tart glistening with a fortune of fresh raspberries and blueberries.

Complete with just-baked muffins and breads for breakfasts best enjoyed in a huge wicker chair and cool summer drinks for whiling away long afternoons, Nantucket Open-House Cookbook is for anyone who wants to make the most of fair-weather dining all year round.

Over 214,000 copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Chase, the capable co-author of The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and owner of a successful restaurant and fine food shop on Nantucket, likes bright sunny flavors and foods served cold or at room temperature. And, yes, fresh seasonal ingredients. Her cuisine is imaginative: orange rosemary muffins with sliced duck breast and smoked bluefish pate.It's a la minute: Tahitian vanilla nuts and cornmeal blinis with three caviars. From appetizers through desserts, her recipes are inviting and often easy to prepare. An attractive, useful cookbook. For wide purchase. SP
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Chase, the capable co-author of The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and owner of a successful restaurant and fine food shop on Nantucket, likes bright sunny flavors and foods served cold or at room temperature. And, yes, fresh seasonal ingredients. Her cuisine is imaginative: orange rosemary muffins with sliced duck breast and smoked bluefish pate.It's a la minute: Tahitian vanilla nuts and cornmeal blinis with three caviars. From appetizers through desserts, her recipes are inviting and often easy to prepare. An attractive, useful cookbook. (Library Journal )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1st edition (June 29, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894804650
• ISBN-13: 978-0894804656
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.9 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Occasions > Holidays

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Things that make you go mmmmmm...... March 3, 2001

By D. STOCK-KIEFER

Format:Paperback

I don't know how anyone looking through this book could resist it -- recipes like Orange Rosemary Muffins with Sliced Duck Breast (you can skip the duck; the muffins are great with any salad); scrumptious Bruschetta; lovely, peppercorn-studded Marinated Goat Cheese; savory Summer Vegetable Couscous; mouthwatering Ham, Cheese, Mushroom and Walnut Salad; Tri-Berry Muffins with their sugar-crackled tops; addictive Orange Shortbread; and Honey Herb Rolls, my favorite bread of all time (toss any leftover herb-oil mixture with pasta and grated Asiago). This and Ms. Chase's Cold-Weather Cooking are sure to become much-used favorites.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book! March 14, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I have made over 1/2 the recipes in this book, and they have all been terrific! The only cookbook better than this one is her "Cold Weather Cooking". I have over 3,000 cookbooks in my collection, but I keep returning to Sarah Leah Chase's books over and over.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Personal favorite January 24, 2001

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I'm a personal chef and caterer and this is one of my mainstay cookbooks. Everything I've ever cooked from it has been distinctive and wonderful--especially the Shrimp Salad recipe that has Pernod in it. The recipes are totally reliable and great for entertaining. Beautiful, delicious, wonderful use of good ingredients.