Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields

by John Shields, Jed Kirschbaum (Photographer)

Overview

This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of John Shields’s classic cookbook includes additional recipes and a new chapter on Chesapeake libations.

Twenty-five years ago, Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields introduced the world to the regional cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic. Nominated for a James Beard Award, the book was praised for its inspiring heritage recipes and its then-revolutionary emphasis on cooking with local and seasonal ingredients. Part history lesson, part travelogue, the book captured the unique character of the Chesapeake region and its people.

In this anniversary edition, John Shields combines popular classic dishes with a host of unpublished recipes from his personal archives. Readers will learn how to prepare over 200 recipes from the Mid-Atlantic region, including panfried rockfish, roast mallard, beaten biscuits, oyster fritters, and Lady Baltimore cake. Best of all, they’ll learn everything they need to know about crabs—the undisputed star of Chesapeake cuisine—featured here in mouthwatering recipes for seven different kinds of crab cakes.

Extensively updated, this edition includes a new chapter on Chesapeake libations, which features Shields’s closely held recipe for his notorious Dirty Gertie, an authentic Chesapeake-style Bloody Mary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421418162
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2015
Edition description:	25th anniversary edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Chef John Shields is the co-owner and proprietor of Gertrude’s Restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The host of PBS’s Chesapeake Bay Cooking and Coastal Cooking with John Shields, he is the author of The Chesapeake Bay Cookbook: Rediscovering the Pleasures of a Great Regional Cuisine, The Chesapeake Bay Crab Cookbook, Coastal Cooking with John Shields, and Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields, 25th anniversary edition.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ingredients of the Chesapeake Region
Crabs
Oysters
Seafood
Soups and Stews
Chicken and Game Birds
Meat and Game
Salads
Vegetables and Other Side Dishes
Breakfast Dishes
Breads
Desserts
Preserves and Pickles
Libations
A Chesapeake Bay Resource Guide
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Long before it was trendy to serve sustainable, local, and organic food, Maryland native Shields was doing it at Gertrude’s, a modest modern restaurant tucked inside the Baltimore Museum of Art. This fall he reissued his prescient chronicle of the waterman’s way of life and traditional cooking on the mid-Atlantic coast. It includes how to ‘pick’ steamed crabs (seasoned with Old Bay, natch), prepare country sides like Green Beans With Country Ham and Sautéed Peanuts, and make the quirky relish known as chow-chow.
—April Fulton, National Geographic's food blog, The Plate

John knows and loves the Chesapeake as only a native can. One of the best regional American cookbooks you'll ever find.
—Gourmet

For those who are not familiar with the 'good old down home' taste of cooking by a native of the Chesapeake Bay region, John Shields brings you an experience you'll never forget. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be a part of this region, Mr. Shields reminds us of the experience we'll always remember.
—The Honorable William Donald Schaefer, former governor of Maryland

John Shields is a great friend of the Chesapeake Bay and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Having grown up in Baltimore and having also spent time on the West Coast, John knows the Bay up close and from a distance. He understands that everything is connected, that how we cook and eat relates to where we live. He knows we are stewards of our world and the that great bounty of the Chesapeake Bay can be restored and once again sustain us. His Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields captures the magic of Chesapeake regional cuisine and culture. It is his best book yet.
—William C. Baker, president, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation

From the Publisher

For those who are not familiar with the 'good old down home' taste of cooking by a native of the Chesapeake Bay region, John Shields brings you an experience you'll never forget. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be a part of this region, Mr. Shields reminds us of the experience we'll always remember.

The Honorable William Donald Schaefer

John Shields is a great friend of the Chesapeake Bay and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Having grown up in Baltimore and having also spent time on the West Coast, John knows the Bay up close and from a distance. He understands that everything is connected, that how we cook and eat relates to where we live. He knows we are stewards of our world and the that great bounty of the Chesapeake Bay can be restored and once again sustain us. His Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields captures the magic of Chesapeake regional cuisine and culture. It is his best book yet.

William C. Baker

Long before it was trendy to serve sustainable, local, and organic food, Maryland native Shields was doing it at Gertrude’s, a modest modern restaurant tucked inside the Baltimore Museum of Art. This fall he reissued his prescient chronicle of the waterman’s way of life and traditional cooking on the mid-Atlantic coast. It includes how to ‘pick’ steamed crabs (seasoned with Old Bay, natch), prepare country sides like Green Beans With Country Ham and Sautéed Peanuts, and make the quirky relish known as chow-chow.

National Geographic's food blog, The Plate - April Fulton

John knows and loves the Chesapeake as only a native can. One of the best regional American cookbooks you'll ever find.

Gourmet

"John knows and loves the Chesapeake as only a native can. One of the best regional American cookbooks you'll ever find."

Gourmet