The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook: Door County Cherry Pie, Sheboygan Bratwurst, Traverse City Trout, and 115 More Regional Favorites [Paperback]

This collection of 118 recipes captures the evocative food experiences of the Lake Michigan region, an ultimate vacation destination with hundreds of miles of shoreline and rich food traditions reflecting the bounty of the area’s farms and the lake’s daily catch. Recipes include Helen Suchy’s Apple Cake from Door County, Homemade Sheboygan-Style Bratwurst, Chicago’s HBFC Original Fried Chicken Sandwich, Beach House Cheesy Potatoes from Northwest Indiana, and The Cook’s House Crispy Skinned Lake Trout from Traverse City. Delightful photographs of cottage life and classic destinations, along with profiles of favorite food purveyors, bring the lakeshore’s flavors and charm to you year-round, wherever you are.

Amelia Levin is a Chicago-based food writer, chef, cookbook author, and passionate Midwesterner. She grew up in the Chicago area, vacationed for 30 years in Wisconsin, went to college in Michigan, and has since traveled throughout the entire northern Midwest for both fun and business. She contributes toEdible Chicagomagazine and is the food editor atFSR, a trade magazine for full-service restaurants. She is the author ofChicago Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City. 

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Wisconsin
 Chapter 1: Door County
 Chapter 2: Sheboygan and Kohler
 Chapter 3: Milwaukee
Illinois and Indiana
 Chapter 4: Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Michigan
 Chapter 5: Harbor Country
 Chapter 6: Southwest Michigan
 Chapter 7: Saugatuck, Douglas, and Fennville
 Chapter 8: Traverse City and the Peninsulas
Recipes by Type
Acknowledgments
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index

Great Recipes from a Great Lake

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