{"product_id":"the-lost-kitchen-recipes-and-a-good-life-found-in-freedom-maine-a-cookbook-9780553448436","title":"The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine: A Cookbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and founder of the beloved restaurant The Lost Kitchen comes a stunning collection of 100 Maine recipes for every season.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sensory joy . . . simple seasonal fare, creatively elevated and beautifully photographed . . . The recipes in \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e beckon you to keep returning for more.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErin 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo 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 \u003cb\u003eWhole-Roasted Trout with Parsnip and Herb Hash, Maine Shrimp Rolls, Ramp and Fiddlehead Fried Rice, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRhubarb Spoon Cake.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErin's food has been called \"brilliant in its simplicity and honesty\" by \u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin French\u003c\/b\u003e turned a string of early catering gigs into a secret suppers series in her apartment. She took her dinners on the road, organizing traveling \"fork-to-field\" dinners from a tricked-out 1965 Airstream trailer, before returning to her tiny hometown, Freedom, Maine, to build her dream restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, in a restored 1834 gristmill. Each spring, the day the phone line opens to accept reservations, the restaurant books up for the entire year. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarkson Potter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575667331346,"sku":"9780553448436","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45ad6a57-6eb6-4f82-943d-a832fb8ffeae.jpg?v=1731986470","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-kitchen-recipes-and-a-good-life-found-in-freedom-maine-a-cookbook-9780553448436","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}