The pride of recipe collecting seems to be a New England tradition...from old cookbooks with faded and worn bindings, scraps of paper carefully tucked away over the years, or recipe cards passed on from mother to daughter. A look back to when good cooking was a way of life, this collection of over 450 recipes from friends and members of the Mystic Seaport community is a treasury of good food and tradition. How better to sample the bounty of New England than to take the time to simmer a batch of chowder all day, bake a hearty loaf of bread, or steam a holiday pudding for friends. Remember, food is a celebration...so gather around and travel with us from kitchen to kitchen, table to table, and work a little 'Yankee Magic' of your own. Sample Recipes: Firehouse Steak Lasagne * Crispy Camden Crab Cakes * Ceylonese Fried Fish * Gram's Hobo Bread * Artichoke Strata * Blueberry Stuesel Sour Cream Pie * Smokey Corn and Turkey Chowder * Hanuakah Holiday Brisket * Green Eggs and Ham * Blue Hill Bay Mussels * Sweet Potato Apple Bake * Crisp Radish Salad * Black Bean Salad * Kennebunk Crab Cakes * Lighthouse Pot Pie * Braised Red Cabbage with Chestnuts (* Nauyang Corn Fritters * Stonecroft Rhubarb Nut Bread * Curried Turkey Salad with Grapes and Pecans * Bistro Beer Sirloin * Garlic Bread Pudding * Lemon-Glazed Pork Roast * Sausage Leek Potato Hotpot