Publisher's Synopsis
Entertaining stories about food and culture covering 400 years of history on the Tidewater Region of the Chesapeake Bay. The stories include Menhaden Burrito Bombs; Lost Boys Oyster Stew; Ye Corn Hole Cakes; Smith Island 21-Layer German Chocolate Cake; The Original Floater's Stew; Blackbeard's Burgoo; Surf 'N Sky Crab Cakes; Croaker on a Stick; Hog Island Pork Tenderloins with Fig and Rye Whiskey Sauce; and Bay Hundred Bootloaf. These stories were gathered by the ladies of the Watts Island Gourmands Society between the 1930s and 1950s. Includes illustrations.