Country Weekend Entertaining: Seasonal recipes from loaves and fishes and the Bridgehampton Inn (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Gen Leroy (Author) "I believe that my passion for cooking and my joy of entertaining were instilled at a very early age..." (more)
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Anna Pump grew up on a farm in Germany, near the Danish border, surrounded by a bounty of fresh vegetables, fruits, home-baked bread, and hand-churned butter. After moving to the U.S. in the 1980s, Pump established Loaves and Fishes, a catering and take-out shop in the seaside yet rural part of Long Island, New York, known as The Hamptons. She then opened a bed-and-breakfast called The Bridgehampton Inn in 1994.

Pump's cooking relies on excellent fresh ingredients in season, so her 175 recipes are grouped as Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter. Grilled Chicken Salad, succulent from breasts marinated with soy, sesame oil, and white wine; Potato and Corn Salad with unexpected fresh herbs; and Spinach Salad with Sliced Peaches are typical Spring/Summer dishes Pump offers. Reflecting Scandinavian influences in her cooking, dessert might bring the luxury of fresh currants and raspberries transformed into Red Grits with Cream. (Once made with barley meal, hence its name, corn or potato starch is now used to thicken this ruby jewel of a dish.)

Fridays, year round, Pump bakes a huge ham glazed with marmalade, apple cider, and mustard. Guests enjoy slices of it with their eggs at breakfast and in sandwiches later in the day. You may prefer it for dinner, accompanied by Pump's cauliflower, mashed and roasted with garlic and olive oil. Complete the meal with a Macadamia Nut Tart, cranberries studding its pecan pie-rich filling. Sixteen color photos and short poems and quotes praising the good life punctuate this book with charming thoughts. --Dana Jacobi

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Advance Praise for Country Weekend Entertaining:

"Every one of Anna's recipes is a showstopper! I couldn't wait to see this book all summer long while I was feasting on the food from Loaves and Fishes. You'll love it as much as I do."
--Sheila Lukins, coauthor, The Silver Palate cookbooks; food editor, Parade magazine; author, All Around the World Cookbook and USA Cookbook

"We continue to be devout customers of the wonderful Loaves and Fishes, and now we have an added bonus-- book three of Anna's mouth-watering recipes."
--Julie Andrews

"We always look forward to the arrival of spring because it means, after a long winter, that Loaves and Fishes will soon reopen. What a treat it is, in the meantime, to have our most favorite, delicious recipes in this wonderful book."
--Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

"I love going to Long Island because it means I can fill up my car with fabulous food from Loaves and Fishes. But my car is never big enough to hold everything I want, so it's great to have this book of Anna Pump's mouthwatering recipes to make at home."
--Lauren Bacall -- Review

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (April 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385488270
• ISBN-13: 978-0385488273
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #687,744 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Cooking, September 22, 2003

By A Customer

I've had this book for 3 years now, and finally felt the urge to write a review because of the lack of reviews on this site. It is, put quity simply, a good cooking cookbook. Anna is a friendly writer, who doesn't name drop like other cookbok authors who live in our area do. The recipes are not way "out there" and the home cook can make them, just fine. I'm awaiting Anna's next cookbook, hoping there will be one.