Summer Pleasures, Winter Pleasures: A Hudson Valley Cookbook (Excelsior Editions) [Hardcover]

Peter G. Rose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2009 | Series: Excelsior Editions

A light-hearted cookbook that reflects the historical and culinary heritage of the Hudson Valley.

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From the Back Cover

Whether it's grilled corn on the patio or a hot bowl of soup by the fire, the foods we eat are often intimately connected to the seasons of the year. For twenty years, award-winning food writer and historian Peter G. Rose has written a column on family food for newspapers in the Hudson Valley, and this light-hearted cookbook includes some of her most popular recipes. Drawing on the rich historical and culinary legacy of the Hudson Valley, Rose offers simple, easy-to-make recipes for patio, boat, cabin, or RV in the summer, and for enjoying by the fireside in the winter. Along the way she offers tidbits of food history, ideas for entertaining, and suggestions for using local ingredients. Informative and tasty, this cookbook showcases the Hudson Valley as both a culinary and historic destination.

About the Author

Peter G. Rose has published numerous articles and books on Dutch, Dutch American, and Hudson Valley cuisine, including Food, Drink and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch; The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World; Foods of the Hudson: A Seasonal Sampling of the Region's Bounty, and (with Donna R. Barnes) Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life. In 2002 she was the recipient of the Alice P. Kenney Award for research and writing on the food customs and diet of the Dutch settlers in New Netherland. She lives in South Salem, New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 138 pages
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo (September 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438429878
• ISBN-13: 978-1438429878
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,426,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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