Eating New England: A Food Lover's Guide to Eating Locally

by Juliette Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Published: September 2002
Publisher: Countryman Press, The
Pages: 368
Paperback
ISBN: 9780881505214

Overview of Eating New England: A Food Lover's Guide to Eating Locally

New England food traditions go deeper than clambakes and baked bean suppers: today the region is a major source of organically grown farm produce and specialty foods. Juliette and Barbara Rogers uncover the best traditional, ethnic, and gourmet specialties in the six New England states.

� Find pasture-raised beef and lamb and free-range chicken and eggs

� Pick heirloom apples in Vermont, pumpkins in New Hampshire, and blueberries in Maine

� Visit cider mills and microbreweries

� Sample fresh maple syrup

� Discover the best clam shacks on Narragansett Bay

� Find rare Portuguese mountain cheeses in Providence

� Catch the herring run on Cape Cod

� Taste fresh farmstead goat cheese

� Both a where-to guide and as a book on food and eating

� Includes the whole spectrum of up-market and down-market items

Divided geographically and cross-referenced by product, Eating New England showcases the highest quality, no matter how obscure the location. The authors emphasize not just finding a particular ingredient or product, but putting it in context by showing travelers where to learn about its history, and where to see it being made.