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Vangie's Kitchen Corner: A Down East cookbook
Vangie's Kitchen Corner: A Down East cookbook
By Evangeline Knowlton
The late Evangeline Knowlton collected the recipes of three generations of family and friends. An accomplished cook in her own right and food columnist for nine years, Vangie included many recipes from the family's popular Stonington hostelry, which was noted for its cuisine.
In September 1980, the weekly newspaper Island Ad-Vantages in Stonington, Maine, published the first column of “Vangie’s Kitchen Corner.” Three years later the column also became a regular feature in The Weekly Packet, Blue Hill, Maine.
More than a series of recipes, the column contained explanations, commentary and often snippets of letters from contributors. Most of the book’s content has been drawn from those years of published columns.
“Whenever my wife needed a recipe that would produce a dish of excellence, she would open Vangie’s Kitchen Corner and she would know the result would be wonderful….We always thought of [Vangie] as part of our family.”
—Roger Greenlaw
Click here to try Vangie’s recipe Maine Fish Chowder
Click here to try Vangie’s recipe Apple Pie
About the author: Vangie Knowlton, the granddaughter of a Scottish immigrant, grew up in a family where cooks and cooking were of major importance. Her family, and especially the women of her family, ran Sand Beach Farm in Stonington, noted for its cookery and spectacular view of Penobscot Bay.
Product Details:
Vangie's Kitchen Corner
A Down East cookbook
Editor: James M. Aldrich
Illustrators: Janet Moore and Anne Poole
Publisher: Penobscot Books, a division of Penobscot Bay Press Inc.
Publish Date: 1987
Edition: First
Features: Spiral bound
Dimensions: 7-1/2"x9"
Pages: 314
ISBN: 978-0-941238-05-2
LCCN:: 8761756
Genre: Cookbook