Introduction
8
Appetizers and Porch Food
13
Smoked Bluefish Spread
18
Mommy’s Deviled Ham Spread
19
Guacamole
20
Cocktail Almonds
21
Spicy Edamame
24
Spicy Cashews
25
Codfish Fritters
26
Marinated Olives
30
Deviled Eggs
31
Tomato Sandwiches
33
Stuffed Quahogs
34
Soups and Salads
37
Jamaican Red Pea Soup with Spinners
42
Quahog Stew
44
Portuguese Kale Soup
45
Simple Summer Green Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
48
Arugula and Love Apple Salad
50
Mushroom and Parmesan Salad
51
Rice Salad
53
Good Old Iceberg with Blue Cheese Dressing
57
Cucumber Salad
58
Martha Mae’s Caesar Salad
59
Condiments
63
Cranberry Chutney
68
Tomato Chutney
69
Watermelon Rind Pickles
70
Brazilian Hot Sauce
74
Vinegared Chiles
75
Classic Vinaigrette with a Twist
76
Seafood Boil
77
Main Dishes
81
Marvino’s One-Pot Lobster Feast
87
Scallop Rolls
88
Fried Scup
90
Grilled Swordfish Skewers
94
Kate Taylor’s White Clam Sauce
95
Arlen and Perry’s Mussels
97
Summer-Flavored Sea Bass
98
Mitzi’s Bay Scallops with Deep-Fried Kale
99
Roast Chicken
102
Curried Chicken Salad
103
Lemon-and-Thyme Grilled Chicken Thighs
104
Mommy’s Summer Fried Chicken
107
Jagacida
110
Hot Dogs, Plain and Fancy
111
Outside-In Blue Cheese Burgers
112
Peppercorn-Crusted Steak with Roquefort Sauce
115
Lavender, Garlic, and Rosemary Leg of Lamb with Spicy Mint Sauce
116
Vegetables
119
Corn Pudding
124
Ratatouille
125
Corn Fritters
127
Milk-and-Honey Corn with Two Butters
128
Brazilian Greens
129
Stir-Fried Broccoli with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Garlic
132
Baby French Beans
135
Spinach with Soy and Lemon
136
Baked Potatoes with Pimentón Yogurt
137
Carrots in Passionfruit and Orange Juices
138
Summer Southern Succotash
141
Marvino’s Lobster Grits
143
Suesan’s Corn Bread–Collard Green Pie
144
Home-Style Corn Bread
145
Desserts
147
Blueberry Grunt
153
Lavender Cookies
154
Tipsy Watermelon
156
Cranberry-Apple Crisp
161
Sadie Delany’s Ambrosia
162
Blueberry Crepes
163
Grand Marnier–Marinated Strawberries with Lavender
164
Gingerbread with Blueberries and Molasses Cream
169
Molasses Cookies
170
Pegi’s Cranberry-Nut Bread
171
Mrs. Leonard’s Portuguese Sweet Bread
172
Beverages
177
Porch Sitter
183
Watermelon Agua Fresca
184
Bluffs Bloody Mary
185
Spicy Vodka
189
Lemon Verbena Iced Tea
190
Sugar Syrup
194
Lavender Syrup
195
Lemon-Limeade
196
Boa Noite
197
Sources
198
Acknowledgments
199
Index
200
Table of Equivalents
204