Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook

The owner of a restaurant in Freedom, Maine, which draws locals and visitors from around the world to a dining room that feels like an extension of her home kitchen, an entirely self-taught cook who used cookbooks and trial and error to form her culinary education shares 100 recipes that celebrate small-town America. An evocative, gorgeous four-season look at cooking in Maine, with 100 recipes No one can bring small-town America to life better than a native. Erin French grew up in Freedom, Maine (population 719), helping her father man the griddle at his diner. An entirely self-taught cook who used cookbooks to form her culinary education, she now helms her restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, in a historic mill in the same town, creating meals that draw locals and visitors from around the world to a dining room that feels like an extension of her home kitchen. The food has been called “brilliant in its simplicity and honesty” by Food & Wine, and it is exactly this pure approach that makes Erin's cooking so appealing—and so easy to embrace at home. Autorid: Erin French