Portland, Maine Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Casco Bay

Name: Portland, Maine Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Casco Bay
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ISBN: 9780762780440

✍️ Hathaway, Margaret

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🏛 Lyons Press 📅 2012 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780762780440

📝 Description: Portland, Maine Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Casco Bay

Maine's cultural and culinary heart, Portland is a buzzing and energetic food community. Widely considered to have one of the country's most vibrant food scenes, in 2009 Portland was named "America's Foodiest Hometown" by Bon Appetit. The city offers a diverse culinary landscape from classic seafood to Oaxacan to Korean to Milanese and its devotion to farm-to-table cuisine is undeniable given that the Portland Farmers' Market, the country's oldest continually operating market of its kind, has thrived here for over 200 years. With recipes for the home cook from over 50 of the city's most celebrated restaurants and showcasing around 100 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs (including James Beard nominees), and lots of local flavor, Portland, Maine Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook for both tourists and Mainers."

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Portland, Maine Chef's Table offers a visually stunning and diverse tour through one of the country's most exciting food destinations. Showcasing dishes from over 50 celebrated restaurants alongside mouth-watering photography, it brilliantly captures the local flavor of Casco Bay. However, because it relies on recipes sourced from a wide array of professional establishments, it may not suit home cooks who prefer streamlined, weeknight-friendly meals with minimal ingredients. Readers looking for strict culinary specialization—such as baking-only guides or singular ethnic cuisines—might find the eclectic mix of classic seafood, Oaxacan, Korean, and Milanese dishes too scattered for daily utility. Ultimately, it functions best as a celebratory keepsake and an exploratory gift rather than a foundational everyday manual.

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Eatbook Family editorial team

Portland, Maine Chef's Table offers a visually stunning and diverse tour through one of the country's most exciting food destinations. Showcasing dishes from over 50 celebrated restaurants alongside mouth-watering photography, it brilliantly captures the local flavor of Casco Bay. However, because it relies on recipes sourced from a wide array of professional establishments, it may not suit home cooks who prefer streamlined, weeknight-friendly meals with minimal ingredients. Readers looking for strict culinary specialization—such as baking-only guides or singular ethnic cuisines—might find the eclectic mix of classic seafood, Oaxacan, Korean, and Milanese dishes too scattered for daily utility. Ultimately, it functions best as a celebratory keepsake and an exploratory gift rather than a foundational everyday manual.