{"product_id":"mainstays-of-maine-paperback","title":"Mainstays of Maine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert P. Tristram Coffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book food is Mr. Coffin's general theme, though this is \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003ea cookbook, needless to say, he also celebrates the New England way of life and the ways of State-of-Mainers in particular. In Maine, he says, there is God's plenty of food, and people, moreover, who know what to do with it-how to cook or prepare it, at what seasons to eat it, how to make good eating into a philosophy, a poetry, and a civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe writes four chapters on Living Off the Country (in each of the seasons), describing the provender native to New England and to Maine. He praises the old-fashioned, country ways of cookery in contrast to modern, hasty, soulless methods. He commemorates his mother as an artist at the stove, and reveals many of her secret recipes; and he celebrates his hearty father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are chapters on Christmas feasts, including roast goose, and on an old-style Thanksgiving. There is a glowing account of the perfect clam-bake; and there are mouth-watering recipes for lobsters, chicken dumplings, baked beans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book runs the truly individual Coffin personality; the waxing reminiscent about his horde of relatives, the humor, the charm of his boyhood, and, above all, the unabashed gusto of his appreciation of good food and the good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMainstays of Maine\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972674715955,"sku":"9781616466701","price":32.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/e-GkGr227o9781616466701.webp?v=1794430610","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mainstays-of-maine-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}