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The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook

by Erin French

Seasonal cooking rooted in Maine

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Awards & Recognition

  • Author recognition

    New York Times bestselling author

    The metadata identifies Erin French as a New York Times bestselling author.

  • Critical praise

    Praised by The Philadelphia Inquirer

    The review praises the book’s seasonal cooking, photography, and recipes.

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Seasonal cooking rooted in Maine

Erin French’s cookbook brings together 100 recipes shaped by Maine’s coastline, farms, fields, rivers, and woods. Organized around the seasons, its dishes pair regional ingredients with classic American cooking, from Maine Shrimp Rolls and whole-roasted trout to ramp and fiddlehead fried rice and rhubarb spoon cake. The book connects that food to French’s roots in Freedom, Maine, where she grew up helping in her father’s diner and later founded her restaurant, The Lost Kitchen. The recipes are presented as approachable for home cooks, while their ingredients and examples give the collection a distinctly New England character.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in seasonal recipes and regional ingredients.
  • Readers exploring Maine and New England food traditions.
  • Cooks looking for approachable dishes inspired by classic American cooking.

Themes

Seasonal cookingMaine and New England foodwaysLocal ingredientsSmall-town roots and restaurant cooking

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Book overview

From the New York Times bestselling author and founder of the beloved restaurant The Lost Kitchen comes a stunning collection of 100 Maine recipes for every season.

"A sensory joy . . . simple seasonal fare, creatively elevated and beautifully photographed . . . The recipes in The Lost Kitchen beckon you to keep returning for more."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

Erin French grew up in Freedom, Maine (population 719), helping her father at the griddle in his diner. An entirely self-taught cook who used cookbooks to form her culinary education, she founded her acclaimed restaurant, the Lost Kitchen, in the same town, creating meals that draws locals and visitors from around the world to a dining room that feels like an extension of her home.

No one can bring small-town America to life better than a native, especially when it comes to Maine, one of the country's most off-the-beaten-path states, with an abundant natural bounty that comes from its coastline, rivers, farms, fields, and woods--a cook's dream. Inspired by her lush locale and classic American cooking, Erin crafts deliciously satisfying and easy-to-make recipes such as Whole-Roasted Trout with Parsnip and Herb Hash, Maine Shrimp Rolls, Ramp and Fiddlehead Fried Rice, and Rhubarb Spoon Cake.

Erin's food has been called "brilliant in its simplicity and honesty" by Food & Wine, and it is exactly this pure approach that makes her style of cooking so appealing--and so easy to embrace at home, wherever you live.
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