Hartstone Inn: Signature Recipes from an Elegant Maine Inn - Softcover

Michael Salmon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972991905 ISBN 13: 9780972991902

Publisher: Michael Salmon, 2003

Synopsis

This is a restaurant where Julia Child dined, so it has to be exceptional. The cookbook offers many enticing recipes. The first one I tried was "Sweet Potato Crusted Salmon with a Blueberry Beurre Blanc" served over a mound of spaghetti squash accompanied by sugar snap peas. Absolument delicieux!

About this title

About the Author

With a distinguished career in the sophisticated restaurants of resort hotels behind him, Chef Michael Salmon turned his attention to the intimate dining experience of the Hartstone Inn in 1998. A graduate of the acclaimed Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., Salmon was executive chef of the Sonesta Beach Resort Hotel and Casino in Aruba, among other high-level positions. In 1996, he was named Caribbean Chef of the Year in a contest sponsored by Food and Wine magazine and American Express.

Salmon combines classic French technique with fresh, local ingredients in menus he creates daily. His cooking has been praised by Travel & Leisure, Yankee and Down East magazines for its innovative flavor combinations and exquisite presentation. 
In addition to designing and preparing the breakfast and dinner menus at the Hartstone Inn, Salmon shares his love of food with inn guests and other food-lovers with a series of cooking classes in his custom-designed kitchen.

From the Back Cover

The Hartstone Inn, nestled in the charming village of Camden, Maine, is the catalyst for this exciting and satisfying first cookbook by award-winning chef Michael Salmon. Michael shares with us his love of cooking and many of the extraordinary recipes he creates for the sumptuous breakfasts and five-course gourmet dinners he serves in the Inn's intimate dining room. Enticing recipes from afterrnoon tea and the popular cooking classes he offers Saturday afternoons in the off-season are also featured.

Michael Salmon's cooking has been praised by Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, Yankee and Down East magazines for its striking presentation and extraordinary flavors. And the Hartstone Inn has been recommended as one of the finest on the New England Coast for elegant lodging and an intimate dining experience where you are encouraged to relax and savor the food.

From the Inside Flap

Nestled in the sophisticated little seaside village of Camden, Maine, is the elegant Hartstone Inn, owned and operated by chef Michael Salmon and his wife Mary Jo. In the five years since Michael has been serving his signature five-course gourmet dinners, it is not surprising that the Hartstone Inn has become one of Penobscot Bay's most sought-after dining experiences. Nor is it surprising that this, his first cookbook, is intelligent and exciting and thoroughly satisfying.

Michael Salmon is a chef who trusts his instincts. His cooking, influenced by local New England ingredients, French techniques and his love for Caribbean cuisine, is inspired and astonishing and all about taste. His culinary range is vast, capturing the flavors and essence of many cuisines from Thailand to Italy. His passion for cooking is contagious.

Each evening Michael provides guests in the Hartstone Inn's dining rooms with an unforgettable experience. In this cookbook, regardless of your level of expertise in the kitchen, Michael clearly the instructions for cooking are clearly defined not complicated yet demand attention. Recipes like pistachio pound cake, smoked salmon frittatas and seared Maine diver scallops invite you to re-create them. More demanding recipes like Michael's renowned soufflés with a crème Anglaise or lobster bisque or Thai pork dumplings are worth the challenge under his tutelage. Michael suggests useful information about cooking with fresh herbs and unusual spices, plating presentation, even where to order cookware and specialty products. This cookbook offers everything you need to cook pleasing-to-the-eye meals with to-die-for flavors. Each day that Michael cooks, he provides his guests in the Hartstone Inn's dining room with a memorable dining experience. Discover how enriching it is to prepare the same dishes for family and friends in your kitchen. Happy cooking!

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Salmon
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972991905
• ISBN 13: 9780972991902
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248