The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook: Door County Cherry Pie, Sheboygan Bratwurst, Traverse City Trout, and 115 More Regional Favorites

by Amelia Levin

Overview

This collection of 118 recipes captures the evocative food experiences of the Lake Michigan region, an ultimate vacation destination with hundreds of miles of shoreline and rich food traditions reflecting the bounty of the area’s farms and the lake’s daily catch. Recipes include Helen Suchy’s Apple Cake from Door County, Homemade Sheboygan-Style Bratwurst, Chicago’s HBFC Original Fried Chicken Sandwich, Beach House Cheesy Potatoes from Northwest Indiana, and The Cook’s House Crispy Skinned Lake Trout from Traverse City. Delightful photographs of cottage life and classic destinations, along with profiles of favorite food purveyors, bring the lakeshore’s flavors and charm to you year-round, wherever you are.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612127323
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	287,134
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Amelia Levin is a Chicago-based food writer, chef, cookbook author, and passionate Midwesterner. She grew up in the Chicago area, vacationed for 30 years in Wisconsin, went to college in Michigan, and has since traveled throughout the entire northern Midwest for both fun and business. She contributes to Edible Chicago magazine and is the food editor at FSR, a trade magazine for full-service restaurants. She is the author of Chicago Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City. 

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Wisconsin
  Chapter 1: Door County
  Chapter 2: Sheboygan and Kohler
  Chapter 3: Milwaukee
Illinois and Indiana
  Chapter 4: Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Michigan
  Chapter 5: Harbor Country
  Chapter 6: Southwest Michigan
  Chapter 7: Saugatuck, Douglas, and Fennville
  Chapter 8: Traverse City and the Peninsulas
Recipes by Type
Acknowledgments
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index

Editorial Reviews

Captures the magical world of Lake Michigan cottage life with seasonal recipes inspired by the fresh, delicious food of our fertile local farms and cool crystal waters.” — Maureen Abood, author of Rose Water & Orange Blossoms

“Part cookbook and part culinary travel guide, this book unearths the simple charms and gustatory delights that grace the oft-overlooked shores of America’s Third Coast.” — Lori Fredrich, food writer and author of Milwaukee Food
 

From the Publisher

02/15/2018
Food writer Levin (Chicago Chef's Table) wants to put home cooks in a vacation state of mind with this summery collection of recipes from the shores of Lake Michigan. Focusing on popular tourist destinations, the author profiles local businesses and food producers and shares tempting regional dishes such as beer cheese soup, pasties two ways, panfried perch with tartar sauce, and Door County cherry pie. An index makes it easy to browse recipes by type, and there are plenty of full-color photographs to whet readers' appetites. VERDICT Equally useful for cooking and travel planning, Levin's latest will appeal to Lake Michigan dwellers, Midwesterners, armchair travelers, and coastal food enthusiasts. Essential for regional collections.

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