Virginia's Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes

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Description: In this book, Dawn O'Brien introduces us to the historic restaurants and the seemingly endless varieties of cuisine she discovered during her travels through Virginia. She also introduces us to Virginia itself, a land of history and romance and sharp contrasts. 

With recipes and historical sketches that are equally tantalizing, this cookbook and restaurant guide celebrates the many-splendored state of Virginia. 

From the beautiful country backroads surrounding Middleburg, the country's foremost fox-hunting region, to Tangier Island, where the native islanders speak a dialect all but incomprehensible to outsiders. From Charlottesvillle, with its lushly green and rolling hills, to cosmopolitan Alexandria, on the outskirts of our nation's capital. Virginia is a state that wears many faces. 

This diversity is demonstrated also in the state's historic restaurants. Housed in a wonderful array of old buildings -- including banks, warehouses, stately mansions, ice houses and colonial inns -- these restaurants both preserve the past and delight in the present. 

Fifty restaurants are presented here. The decor, the cuisine and the history of each are described for us in brief but telling sketches. A pen and ink drawing accompanies each restaurant entry. 

But this book is not just a traveler's companion. It is a cook's companion and includes more than 150 recipes that can be duplicated in the home kitchen. Each recipe has been carefully edited and tested to ensure good results. Step-by-step instructions enable even the novice to prepare savory dishes from some of the state's finest restaurants. 

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Condition: Good condition. Inside jacket flap has a crease.