The New England Clam Shack Cookbook (2nd Edition): 2nd Edition Completely updated with new restaurants and travel plans for eating around New England [Paperback]

Brooke Dojny (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 2008

Rich buttery lobster, fried clams, and thick chowders are the foods that taste of long summer days in New England. Fresh sweet seafood, simply prepared, brings back warm afternoons and cool salty evenings on the beaches of Cape Cod, Maine, Connecticut, and the North Shore of Massachusetts, where local clams were first battered, deep fried, and served up with creamy, tangy tartar sauce.

Simple authentic coastal fare doesn't get any better than in the second edition of Brooke Dojny's culinary tribute, The New England Clam Shack Cookbook. Take a bite of New England's clam shack traditions with nearly 100 recipes gathered from the region's best casual seafood eateries. Here are all New England classic seafood preparations, from clam chowder to lazy man's lobster.

All the sides and sweets are here too, as well as the names and addresses of more than 100 eateries, plus three regional weekend itineraries for the true clam shack devotee.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“If you love seafood, this is the book for you. Part cookbook, part restaurant guide, this book is chock full of New England lore. As a travelogue, Dojny captures the essence of New England with behind-the-scene stories of the men and women who make the region unforgettable. Added bonus: Three weekend itineraries each focused on eating. Yum!”

Epicurious.com

“If you’re…dreaming of a vacation on New England coast, this book will help make your dreams come true…You can almost smell the sea air as you read this combination travel book, restaurant guide, culinary history book and cookbook.”

Akron Beacon-Journal

About the Author

Brooke Dojny is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks, including Dishing Up® Maine, The New England Clam Shack Cookbook, and the AMA Family Cookbook, which won the 1997 James Beard Award. Dojny coauthored Bon Appetit’s Every-Night Cooking column, contributes to Down East magazine, and is a columnist at the Portland Press-Herald. She lives in Maine, where she can be found hanging out at clam shacks and farmers’ markets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; 2nd edition (May 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603420266
• ISBN-13: 978-1603420266
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brooke Dojny is an award-winning food journalist and cookbook author with a specialty in writing about New England food. Her recent books on the subject are The New England Cookbook (1999), The New England Clam Shack Cookbook (2003, revised 2008), Dishing Up Maine (2006), and New England Home Cooking (2011). Lobster! will be published by Storey Publishing in 2012.

Brooke began her career working as a chef-caterer for Martha Stewart, assisting with recipe development on Martha's first book, Entertaining. In the 1980s, she was hired by the original COOK'S Magazine as a recipe tester and developer, equipment tester, and assistant food stylist. Teaming up with Melanie Barnard, another COOK'S freelancer, the duo launched a syndicated newspaper column and, in 1985, published their first cookbook, Sunday Suppers, which was nominated for an IACP award. Several other titles followed, including Let's Eat In and Parties! (both nominated for James Beard awards), and The AMA Family Cookbook which was a James Beard Award winner in 1998. Brooke was also the winner of the Newman's Own/Good Housekeeping recipe contest in 1998 as an entrant in the food professional category. She has made numerous television and radio appearances around the country.

For many years, Brooke and Melanie co-wrote "Every Night Cooking," a regular monthly column in Bon Appetit Magazine. Brooke's work has appeared in Food & Wine, Saveur, and Cooking Light. She currently writes a weekly column in the Portland Press Herald and is a frequent contributor to Down East Magazine. Brooke lives on the Blue Hill peninsula in Maine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now in a completely updated second edition featuring twenty new recipes, August 10, 2008

By 

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New England Clam Shack Cookbook (2nd Edition): 2nd Edition Completely updated with new restaurants and travel plans for eating around New England (Paperback)

Now in a completely updated second edition featuring twenty new recipes, six new restaurants and three new recommended "clam-shack weekend itineraries" for making the most of New England dining, The New England Clam Shack Cookbook is far more than just a collection of recipes. Interspersed between the easy-to-follow instructions to make seafood delights from Lobster Stew to Old-Fashioned Salt Codfish Cakes to Creamy Cape Cod Clam Chowder are anecdotes, New England culinary trivia, quotable quotes, and much more. Illustrated with black-and-white and color images throughout, The New England Clam Shack Cookbook is as much fun for gourmands to page through as it is for seafood chefs of all skill and experience levels to cook from. Highly recommended for both personal and community library cookbook collections.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great cookbook and destination book, October 28, 2009

By 

L. Spohn - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The New England Clam Shack Cookbook (2nd Edition): 2nd Edition Completely updated with new restaurants and travel plans for eating around New England (Paperback)

My husband and I used the New England Clam Shack Cookbook to decide our summer destination. We went to four of the restaurants/shacks and loved all four. Great recipes to use too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot spots in New England Seafood, June 30, 2009

By 

John D. Farr "Johnbbq" (Encampment, WY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The New England Clam Shack Cookbook (2nd Edition): 2nd Edition Completely updated with new restaurants and travel plans for eating around New England (Paperback)

We visited and travelled New England in May, a beautiful time of the year. This guide helped us find the non-chain real restaurants of the region and also had wonderful food suggestions. It is worth the price.