I THINK THERE IS A THEME HERE

I really do love cookbooks that are regional.  The focus on a specific location, culture and readily available ingredients is enchanting.  Also, I have a particular fondness for this book because the writer is from Harford County Maryland where I grew up.  Her husband and my brother went to school together.  The geography, the people, the food are all like home to me.  AND it is a good cook book.

There are touches of contemporary ingredients and techniques; but at heart it is a down home cookbook.  The crab cakes and sweet potato biscuit recipes are authentic.  I am sorry there are no recipes for squirrel pot pie or fried muskrat - a real Maryland experience.

You will enjoy the stories of small farmers, millers who make stone ground grains, small cattle operations, family orchards, traditional oystermen, and dedicated restauranteurs who are dedicated to local ingredients and authentic preparations.  Maryland has mountains, plains, sea coast and all of the varied cuisine this entails.

Take a look at the book - it is lovely.