Old Boston Fare in Food & Pictures

Great old recipes and neat photographs in sepia tone. Lots of history in this great cookbook! New England is known as a rugged place. Its borders include austere shores, deep forests, lakes and mountains. Its winters are long and hard. Boston's fare has been molded in such a setting. Its taste is often direct and to the point. From a frugal heritage, it's early traditional dishes emanated from the culinary treasures that abounded in the fertile countryside. The taste is unpretentious but distinctly its own and today some of the country's finest cooks make dishes, homemade and good, that bring many a tear to one's eye. OLD BOSTON FARE bursts with tasty dishes to suit every occasion. There are old favorites like boiled cake, sour cream pie, strawberry dumplings, fish chowder, old-fashioned johnnycakes, and syllabub. Many traditional recipes have been modified and simplified for the modern cook without any loss of their old fashioned richness.