Lake Superior Flavors
A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour
Embark on a culinary tour of Lake Superior with the founders of the Heavy Table
240 Pages, 8 x 9 in
- Paperback
- 9780816675449
- Published: April 15, 2014
Details
Lake Superior Flavors
A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour
ISBN: 9780816675449
Publication date: April 15th, 2014
240 Pages
104
9 x 8
"Lake Superior Flavors gives us a tour around the Lake by way of its fare, a fantastic resource for gastronome visitors and local foodies alike." —Tim Nelson, Principal, Fitger's Brewhouse Brewery and Grille, Duluth, MN
"As much travel guide as living history, the book shares the best-kept culinary secrets of this gorgeous, rough land and its generous, plain-spoken people. With his Studs Terkel-like eye for a good tale, Norton portrays these characters in memorable detail, while Dilley's photos render them in living color." —Star Tribune
"From pickle barrels to wheels of cheese, guidebook Lake Superior Flavors offers many compelling reasons to pull over." —National Post
From the founders of the popular food website Heavy Table comes Lake Superior Flavors, a celebration of food culture around the shores of the greatest of the Great Lakes. Author James Norton and photographer Becca Dilley take readers on a culinary tour around Lake Superior, hitting high-traffic tourist spots and cultural institutions as well as off-the-beaten-path discoveries.
Norton and Dilley also meet food producers and artisans—fishermen, cheesemakers, brewers, and more—and explore the culinary history and current food culture of four distinct regions. Along the North Shore of Minnesota, Norton and Dilley ride along with a herring fisherman struggling to preserve his way of life. In Thunder Bay and Ontario, the authors investigate the roots of the locavore movement in a remarkable conversation with an Ojibwe woman about native food. In the remote Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, the pair encounters a group of philosophical gourmet monks who make jam from foraged berries. And along the south shore of the lake, they talk with a Wisconsin cheesemaker and goatherd who takes his flock on a nightly walk—cocktail in hand. Alongside Norton and Dilley’s travelogues are capsule reviews of restaurants, insightful tasting notes, and sidebars featuring important dishes of each region—from smoked fish and skillet-popped wild rice to pannukakku (Finnish pancakes) and cudighi (Italian meatball sandwiches).
Showcasing the wild beauty and rugged authenticity of the places and people along the circle tour, Lake Superior Flavors is ideal for local foodies and for visitors who want to learn about food traditions through delicious eating and lively traveling.
James Norton and Becca Dilley run the Heavy Table website and are the authors of The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin. Norton is a regular contributor to the Christian Science Monitor and Minnesota Monthly and makes frequent appearances on Minnesota Public Radio’s The Current station.
Contents
The Circle Tour of Lake Superior
Introduction
Minnesota’s North Shore: From Smoked Trout to Big Boat StoutCanadian Waters: The Return of Eating LocalMichigan’s Upper Peninsula: Pasties, Cudighi, and Big WinesWisconsin’s South Shore: The Gathering Place
AcknowledgmentsSourcesIndex
