118 recipes that capture the evocative food of the Lake Michigan region, reflecting the bounty of the area’s farms and the lake’s daily catch. Recipes include Helen Suchy’s apple cake, Sheboygan-Style bratwurst, Chicago’s HBFC original fried chicken sandwich, cheesy potatoes from Northwest Indiana, and crispy skinned lake trout from Traverse City. Delightful photographs of cottage life and profiles of favorite food purveyors bring the lakeshore’s flavors to life.

Softcover, 288 pages