New England Home Cooking
350 Recipes from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home
Published on 11. October 2011
672 pages
978-1-55832-558-6 (ISBN)
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A witty, authoritative, and comprehensive celebration of cooking in the New England style with over 350 recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, breads, main courses, vegetables, jams and preserves, and desserts. Brooke Dojny, a native New Englander, has adapted traditional recipes to modern tastes by streamlining cooking methods and adding contemporary ingredients. She has also included such Yankee classics as North End Clams Casino, Wellfleet Oysters on the Half Shell with Mango Mignonette, Hashed Chicken with Dried Cranberries, Maine-Style Molasses Baked Yellow-Eyes, New England Cobb Salad, Shaker Whipped Winter Squash with Cape Cod Cranberries, Wood-Grilled Steak au Poivre with a Vegetable Bouquet, Pan-Seared Venison Steaks with Peppery Beach Plum Sauce, Succulent Braised Chicken Portuguese Style, Little Italy Calamari in Spicy Red Sauce, Grilled Chive-Tarragon Lobster, Reach House Blueberry Cobbler, and Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding.
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Minneapolis
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New England Home Cooking
350 Recipes from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home
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Brooke Dojny is the author or co-author of more than a dozen cookbooks, including Dishing Up Maine (Storey 2006), The New England Clam Shack Cookbook, Second Edition (Storey, 2008), and The AMA Family Cookbook, which won the James Beard Award in 1997. Other titles include A Flash in the Pan, Full of Beans, Sunday Suppers, Let's Eat In, and Parties! From 1990 to 2004, Brooke co-authored, with Melanie Barnard, Bon Appetit's monthly "Every-Night Cooking" column. She has written for most of the other major culinary magazines and now writes occasionally for Down East magazine and is a regular columnist for The Portland Press-Herald. Brooke started her culinary career in the 1980s when she worked as a catering directress for Martha Stewart, and then was on the staff of the original COOK'S Magazine. She lives on the coast of Maine, where she can be found hanging out at farmers' markets and clam shacks. Web: Blogger for mainefoodandlifestyle.com
Content
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- A Very Lucky Girl
- Home Cooking in New England
- STARTERS, CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY
- Yankee Summer Salsa
- Baked Stuffed Mushrooms Siciliana
- Zucchini Pie Oreganata
- Bicoastal Middle Eastern Eggplant
- Crispy Raw-Vegetable Summer Rolls
- Peabody Cheddar Wafers
- Connecticut Coast Steamers with Drawn Butter
- Crispy Ipswich Fried Clams with Classic Tartar Sauce
- North End Clams Casino
- Rhode Island "Stuffies
- Narragansett Clam Fritters
- Citrus-Glazed Steamed Mussels
- Wellfleet Oysters on the Half Shell with Mango Mignonette
- Jazzed-Up Maine Shrimp Boil
- Sweet Summer Crab on Cucumber Rounds
- Mini Crab Cakes with Lime-Pepper Sauce
- Turkey Hill Taramasalata
- Caribbean Salt Cod Fritters
- Maine Smoked Salmon and Caper Canapés
- Sublime Smoked Salmon Pâté
- Broiled Westport Wings with Blue Cheese Dressing
- Grilled Cumberland Quail with Rosemary
- THE CHOWDER, SOUP, AND STEW POT
- Athena Diner Avgolemono
- Marlene's Beauteous Butternut Bisque
- Hungarian Fresh Green Bean Soup
- Martha Kostyra's Polish Wild Mushroom Soup
- Roasted Pumpkin-Cider Soup
- Hungarian Chilled Sour Cherry Soup
- Midsummer's Eve Fresh Pea Soup
- French Canadian Soupe aux Pois
- Split Pea Soup with Smoked Ham
- Senator Lodge's Navy Bean Soup
- Mrs. Cordisco's Escarole and White Bean Soup
- Zuppa di Ceci (Chickpea Soup)
- Cheddar and Ale Potage de Vermont
- Thick and Creamy Boston Clam Chowder
- Milky Maine Steamer Chowder
- Rhode Island Red Chowder
- Nantucket Bay Scallop Stew
- Kennebunk Lobster Stew
- Down East Bouillabaisse with Dried Cranberry Rouille
- Portuguese Fish Stew
- Nor'easter Baked Fish Chowder
- Quintessential Jewish Grandma Chicken Soup
- Vineyard Chicken and Corn Chowder
- Portuguese Caldo Verde
- SALADS, SIDE AND MAIN
- Mixed Greens with My Favorite Vinaigrette
- Spectacular Greek Salad
- Sicilian Salad of Spinach, Oranges, and Red Onion
- New England Cobb Salad
- Crispy Creamy Coleslaw
- Pickled Coleslaw
- Crisp Apple Slaw with Honey-Lime Dressing
- Minted Tabbouleh with Toasted Walnuts
- Harbor View Many-Bean Portable Salad
- Warm Mixed Bean Salad with Pancetta
- Classic Mac Salad with Crunchy Veggies
- Picnic Potato Salad with Egg and Gherkins
- Pickled Beet Salad New Hampshire
- Cucumber Salad with Shaker Buttermilk-Herb Dressing
- A Trio of Hungarian Salads
- Summer Farm Stand Composed Vegetable Salad
- Composed Winter Vegetable Salad with Peabody Boiled Dressing
- Dilled Seafood Seashell Pasta Salad
- Grilled Squid Salad a la Al Forno
- Sumptuous Lobster Salad
- A HARVEST OF VEGETABLES
- Broiled Asparagus with Asiago
- Greeked Green Beans
- Ivy League Beets with Orange Sauce
- Church Supper Broccoli and Cheese Bake
- Garlicky Broccoli Rabe
- New England Ladies' Cabbage
- Golden Corn Pudding
- Baked Herbed Eggplant with Fresh Tomatoes and Feta
- Sautéed Fiddleheads, Sugar Snaps, and Baby Carrots
- Dandelion Greens, Modern Maine Style
- Portuguese Limas and Linguiça
- New Hampshire Spring-Dug Parsnip Puree
- Petite Peas with Prosciutto
- Minted New Potatoes and Peas
- Classic Scalloped Potatoes
- Fluffy Mashed Potatoes and Variations
- Spicy Potatoes on the Half Shell
- Northeast Kingdom Maple-Glazed Braised Turnips
- Hashed Browns
- Paprika Potatoes
- Portuguese Potatoes with Cilantro
- Ginger-Maple Baked Delicata Squash
- Mixed Summer Squash Custard Casserole
- Shaker Whipped Winter Squash with Cape Cod Cranberries
- Herb-Braised Fresh Shell Beans
- Lemon-Glazed Sweet Potato Gratin
- Haight Farm Green Tomato Casserole
- Sunny Acres Farm Scalloped Tomatoes
- Classic All-Season New England Succotash
- BAKED BEANS AND OTHER "MADE" DISHES
- New Hampshire Maple Baked Beans
- Maine-Style Molasses Baked Yellow-Eyes
- Boston Baked Beans Durgin Park Style
- Shaker Vegetarian Baked Beans with Summer Savory
- Biba's Spicy "New" Boston Baked Beans
- Pantry Bean Bake with Bacon, Rum, and Brown Sugar
- Cuban Black Beans and Yellow Rice
- West Indian Peas 'n' Rice
- Vermont Cheddar Cheese Strata
- Nonna's Frittata
- Deviled Crab Bread Pudding
- Deep-Dish Cape Cod Clam Pie with Lemon Béchamel
- Hank's Heavenly Clam Hash
- Classic Junior League Mixed Seafood Casserole
- Vermont Chicken and Leek Pie with Biscuit Crust
- Hashed Chicken with Dried Cranberries
- My New England Cassoulet
- Irish Shepherd's Pie
- Lightened Greek Moussaka
- Aroostook County Potato and Sausage Skillet Dinner
- Acadian Tourtière
- Red Flannel Hash George's Diner
- Mrs. Rosinski's Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
- PASTA AND RICE, SIDE AND MAIN
- Greek Orzo Pilaf
- Garlic and Oil Spaghetti
- Four-Mushroom Fettuccine
- Mary Gordon's Golden Mac 'n' Cheese
- Grilled Farmers' Market Pasta with New England Chèvre
- Sardine Pasta with Fresh Parsley
- Herbed Seafood Lasagne with Tomato-Cream Sauce
- Common Market Green and White Lasagne
- North End Penne with Chicken and Broccoli
- Church Supper American Chop Suey
- Prince Meatballs and Spaghetti
- Family-Style "Hamburg" Spaghetti Pie
- Creamy (or Baked) Polenta
- The Very Best Tuna-Noodle
- Cheese-Topped Noodle Casserole with Smoked Country Ham
- Pierogi with Several Fillings
- Portuguese Rice Garden with Lemon and Garlic
- Shaker Baked Rice Pilaf with a Shower of Herbs
- Classical Kedgeree with Fresh Herbs
- Clam and Roasted Tomato Risotto
- SANDWICHES AND PIZZAS
- A Perfect Scallop Roll
- Maine Crab Salad Roll
- Whistleville Soft-Shell Crab Sandwich
- Atlantic Lobster Roll
- Country-Style Hot Turkey Sandwiches
- The Vermont Country "Club
- The Expert BLT
- Portuguese Chourico, Peppers, and Onion Grinder
- Shaker Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
- The "Eastern" Egg Sandwich
- Lamb Souvlaki with Yogurt-Cucumber Sauce
- A Reuben Update
- Dogs" with Greek Sweet Chili Sauce
- The Best "Hamburg" with The Works
- Famous New Haven White Clam Pizza
- Farmers' Market Mixed-Grain Pizza with Pesto
- Middle Eastern "Pizza
- SAVORY MEATS
- Yankee Pot Roast with a Fresh Face
- Hungarian Beef Goulash
- The Presidential Beef
- Wood-Grilled Steak au Poivre with a Vegetable Bouquet
- Bildner's Fabulous Five-Alarm Chili
- Mrs. Aaron's Sweet and Sour Brisket
- Classic New England Boiled Dinner with Horseradish Cream
- North End Veal Piccata
- Fontina-Stuffed Veal Chops DeRosa
- Sons of Italy Osso Buco
- My Own Favorite Glazed Mixed-Meat Loaf
- Mamie's Little Meatballs with Applesauce-Cider Gravy
- Mellow White Eagles Sauerkraut with Pork and Kielbasa
- Avery's Jamaican Jerk Pork
- Portuguese Pork with Clams
- Maple-Mustard Pork Medallions on Mashed "Sweets
- Roast Pork Tenderloin with Spicy Orange Relish
- Shaker Roast Pork Loin with Cider-Sage Gravy
- Vermont-Style Country Ham Bake with Cider Jelly Glaze
- Grilled Lamb Chops with Rosemary-Mint Pesto
- Oregano-Scented Slow-Braised Greek Lamb Shanks
- Greek Easter Dinner Rosemary Roasted Lamb
- New England Venison-Molasses Chili
- Pan-Seared Venison Steaks with Peppery Beach Plum Sauce
- CHICKEN AND OTHER BIRDS
- Maine County Fair Barbecued Chicken
- Hungarian Chicken Paprika
- Succulent Braised Chicken Portuguese Style
- Garlicky Greek Baked Chicken Riganato
- Curried Caribbean Chicken
- Avery's "Brown Stew" Chicken
- Ski-Day Chicken Stew with Herb Dumplings
- Shaker Buttermilk Chicken with Herb Gravy
- Marlborough Meetinghouse Lemon Chicken with Thyme
- Moody's Diner Orange Chicken Stir-Fry
- Atwells Avenue Chicken Cacciatore
- Crispy Chicken Strips with Pan Gravy Camden Style
- Skillet Chicken with Cranberry-Vinegar Sauce
- Thanksgiving Roast Turkey and Two Stuffings with Giblet Gravy
- Turkey Breast with Crumbly Cider-Cornbread Dressing
- Maple-Lacquered Game Hens
- Autumn Mclntosh-Roasted Duckling
- My Wild Duck Breast with Fruited Port Sauce
- Steam-Roasted Christmas Goose with Madeira-Mustard Sauce
- Northeast Kingdom Pheasant Fricassee with Riesling
- FINFISH
- Yankee Cafe Fresh Fish Cakes
- Ginger-Spiked Smoked Fish Cakes with Herbs
- Back Bay Milk-Poached Finnan Haddie
- Shad Roe with Bacon and Thyme-Scented Cream Sauce
- Westport Baked Roe-Stuffed Shad with Tarragon Cream
- Shallow-Fried New England "Little Fish
- Narragansett Beer-Battered Fish 'n' Chips
- Tinker Mackerel, Grilled or Broiled, with Honey-Mustard Butter
- Rosemary-Grilled Bluefish with Rosemary-Lime Butter
- Fourth of July Grilled Salmon with Egg Sauce
- Grilled Tuna Steaks with Peach-Red Onion Salsa
- Portuguese Tuna Escabeche
- Simple Broiled Boston Scrod
- Roasted Cod Fillets with a Garlic-Prosciutto Topping
- Grandmother Maury's Salt Codfish Cakes with Bacon
- Baked Greek-Style Halibut Steaks with Lemon Chunks
- Roasted Halibut Fillets with Herbed Crumb Crust
- Simple Grilled Dilled Striped Bass
- Crispy Oven-Fried Flounder (or Other) Fillets
- Grilled Block Island Swordfish with Peppery Orange Salsa
- Pan-Fried Mountain Stream Trout
- SHELLFISH
- Garlicky Mussels, Italian Style
- Kenmare Mussels
- Portuguese Clams
- Oysters Scalloped with Garlic and Herb Crumbs
- North Fork Crusty Pan-Seared Scallops
- Nantucket Bay Scallops Gratinéed in Scallop Shells with Tomato
- Lemon Crumb-Broiled Sea Scallops
- Wood-Grilled Darien Shrimp
- Ritzy Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp
- Little Italy Calamari in Spicy Red Sauce
- Steamed Crabs with Paprika-Lime Butter
- My Best Crab Cakes
- Magnificent Steamed Lobster
- Baked Crumb-Stuffed Lobster
- Grilled Chive-Tarragon Lobster
- Lobster Fra Diavolo
- SWEET MORNING BREADS
- Lacy Rhode Island Jonnycakes
- Polly's Pancake Parlor Cornmeal Buttermilk Pancakes
- Golden Rowayton Pancakes
- Berkshire Puffed Apple Skillet-Baked Pancake
- Crispy Scottish Oat Waffles
- Watch Hill Maple French Toast
- Irish Oat Scones with Dried Cranberries
- Mimi's Magnificent Blueberry Muffins
- Cole Farms Date-Bran Muffins
- Martha's Marvelous Fruit Muffins
- Beautiful Blueberry Cornbread
- Cape Cranberry-Walnut Tea Bread
- The Very Best Banana Bread
- Shaker Cornmeal Pumpkin Bread with Toasted Walnuts
- Glorious Greek Easter Braid
- Vineyard Portuguese Sweet Bread
- SAVORY BREADS
- Best-Ever Buttermilk Biscuits
- Shaker Winter Squash Biscuits
- Luella Smith's Maple-Oatmeal Buns
- Classic Parker House Rolls
- Caprilands Herbed Dinner Muffins
- Perfect Yankee Inn Popovers
- Crusty Cornbread, Muffins, or Sticks
- Hungarian Egg Dumplings
- Dynamite Potato Dumplings
- Rosemary Focaccia
- Steamed Boston Brown Bread
- New England Irish Soda Bread
- Dilly Batter Bread
- Cape Ann Anadama Bread
- King Arthur Shredded Wheat Bread
- Multigrain Vermont Loaves
- PICKLES, PRESERVES, RELISHES, AND CHUTNEYS
- Crisp Bread-and-Butter Pickles
- Lip-Tingling Pickled Dilly Beans
- Mustard Chow-Chow
- Pumpkin Pickle
- Quick Apple-Tomato Chutney
- Triple Tomato and Melon Salsa
- New" New England Cranberry-Apple Salsa
- No-Cook Cranberry-Kumquat Relish
- Nantucket Cranberry-Pear Conserve
- Martha's Wild Blueberry Preserves
- Farm Stand-to-Freezer Strawberry Jam
- Vineyard Beach Plum Jelly
- Classic Concord Grape Jelly
- COBBLERS, SHORTCAKES, PUDDINGS, AND OTHER DESSERTS
- Blackberry Patch Cobbled Cobbler
- Reach House Blueberry Cobbler
- Bethel Inn Maple-Apple Pandowdy
- Apple Crisp with Walnut-Oat Topping
- Maple-Ginger Baked Apples
- Chunky Windfall Applesauce
- U-Pick Native Strawberry Shortcake with Egg Biscuit Cake
- Frank's Rhubarb Shortcake with Almond-Brown Sugar Biscuits
- Hungarian Crêpes with Walnut Filling and Warm Chocolate Sauce
- Portuguese-Style Caramel Flan
- Maple-Rum Cup Custards
- A Delicate Indian Pudding
- Pioneer Valley Blueberry Bread and Butter Pudding
- Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding
- Finest Kind Grapenut Pudding
- Hester's Sour Lemon Pudding Cake
- Lucetta Peabody's Baked Fudge Pudding Cake
- Caramelized Pears with Honeyed Ice Cream
- Concord Grape Sorbet
- Rum-Walnut Butterscotch Sundaes
- Cranberry-Cointreau Ice Cream Sundaes
- CAKES AND COOKIES
- Hot Milk Sponge Cake
- The Best Boston Cream Pie
- Cranberry-Walnut Pound Cake
- Blueberry Snack Cake with Toasted Pecan Topping
- Dark and Sticky Gingerbread with Sherried Foamy Sauce
- Greek Moist Honey-Walnut Cake
- Applesauce-Raisin Hand Cake
- Cinnamon-Scented Dutch Apple Cake
- Wellesley Fudge Layer Cake with Mocha Frosting
- Vermont Chocolate-Potato Bundt Cake
- Pear-Ginger Upside-Down Cake
- Cranberry-Orange Upside-Down Cake
- Devil's Food Cupcakes with Angel Icing
- Old-Fashioned Jelly Roll
- Apple Harvest Squares
- Spiced Harwich Hermits
- Maury's Best Brownies
- Mom's Harbor View Butterscotch Brownies
- Whoopie Pies
- Crackled-Top Sugar Cookies
- Grandmother's Brown-Rimmed Butter Cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Melanie's Molasses Crinkle Cookies
- Greek Sugar-Dusted Cookies (Kourambiedes)
- Mrs. Dietz's Fruit-and-Nut-Filled Cookies
- Shaker Giant Rosemary-Ginger Cookies
- The Justly Famous Toll House Cookie
- Schrafft's of Boston Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
- Crisp Maple-Oatmeal Cookies
- PIES AND TARTS
- Old-Fashioned Lard Crust
- Half-and-Half Flaky Pie Crust
- Cream Cheese Pie Crust
- Vermont Pure Maple-Walnut Cream Pie
- Public Supper Banana Cream Pie
- Duffy's Graham Cracker Cream Pie
- Mary Ross's Chocolate Cream Silk Pie
- Nutmeg-Dusted Rich Custard Pie
- Lemon Buttermilk Sponge Pie
- Blue-Ribbon Harvest Apple Pie
- Apple Pie with Cheddar-Brown Sugar Crumb Crust
- Best Maine Blueberry Pie
- Slice of New England Cranberry-Apple-Walnut Pie
- Mince Pie with Decorative Top Crust
- Richard Sax's Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie
- Native Raspberry Pie
- Frank's Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
- Corina's Sweet Potato Pie
- Marlborough Apple-Cream Tart
- Rustic Rhubarb-Raspberry Tart
- MAIL-ORDER SOURCES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
