Plimoth Plantation New England Cookery Book [Paperback]

Malabar Hornblower (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1990

Traditional recipes, thoroughly updated, for flummeries, slumps, sallets, chowders, pies, and more.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This volume comprises two accomplished cookbooks, one historical and one modern. Three chapters, prepared by the staff of Plimoth Plantation, a living museum of Pilgrim history, discuss culinary history and translate into modern terms recipes from 16th- and 17th-century English cooks, American settlers and Wampanoag Indians. Selections range from the humble pease pottage (porridge) of nursery rhyme fame to a whimsical "snow" of cream, egg whites and sugar from which an edible "miniature winter landscape" was created. Even when Hornblower ( Do Ahead Entertaining ) takes over for modern dishes, most of these are steeped in tradition--for example, steamed brown bread and baked beans. The simple instructions can walk beginning cooks through complex procedures, such as timing an assortment of vegetables to accompany corned beef in a New England boiled dinner. Predictably, many of the dishes are hearty, but several offerings, notably seafood recipes such as salmon baked in grapefruit juice, are lighter.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

This collection from a New England food writer, with contributions from the Plimoth Plantation staff, consists primarily of updated regional dishes rather than the purely old-fashioned recipes the title might indicate. Two interesting chapters on the foods the Pilgrims and their Indian neighbors ate are followed by recipes ranging from Portugese Kale Soup to Fiddlehead Ferns in Brown Butter. Jasper White's Cooking from New England ( LJ 11/15/89) is a more personal view; area libraries and larger collections will want both.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press (November 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155832027X
• ISBN-13: 978-1558320277
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,144,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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