Nantucket Open-House Cookbook [Paperback] Sarah Leah Chase and Judith Shahn

Featuring over 250 recipes that have drawn hungry visitors and Nantucket Island residents alike to Sarah Leah Chase’s popular gourmet shop, Que Sera Sarah, this cookbook is for anyone who wants to make the most of fair-weather dining all year round.

Sarah Leah Chase, co-author of The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, knows that summer means long, lazy days of fun and getting together, throwing the doors open and inviting over everyone you know for the pleasures of good company and good food.

The author's eclectic combinations center on the freshest of seafood and produce, including sumptuous dishes and delectable desserts such as:

• A unique take on chilled clam chowder
• A fresh beachfront salad of scallops with orange and chervil vinaigrette
• Savory empanadas and turnovers
• A beautifully grilled bluefish redolent with lavender
• An extravagantly rich chocolate bombe
• A fruit tart glistening with a fortune of fresh raspberries and blueberries

Complete with just-baked muffins and breads for breakfasts best enjoyed in a huge wicker chair, and cool summer drinks for whiling away long afternoons, Nantucket Open-House Cookbook will give you that island summer feeling, all year long.

Sarah Leah Chase, who founded the Massachusetts specialty food shop and catering business Que Sera Sarah, collaborated on The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook. Her other books include Nantucket Open-House Cookbook and Cold-Weather Cooking. Currently she writes a weekly food column for Nantucket’s Inquirer and Mirror newspaper and is recipe consultant to Ina Garten. Sarah and her husband, Nigel, are the owners of Coastal Goods, a retailer of fine seasoning blends. They live with their son on Cape Cod.