“What’s cookin’ on the Great Lakes? This book has the answer, and tasty recipes too. Three years in the making, this title is a terrific achievement from any point of view. It’s a winning work of maritime history, Great Lakes lore and culinary curiosity, illustrated with dozens of photos of contemporary and vintage Great Lakes ships and crews.”
Great Laker Magazine
"This book features Great Lakes ships of every stripe, from tall ships to freighters, Great Lakes Museum ships to passenger ships, U.S. Coast Guard Vessels, Michigan State carferries and even the Edmund Fitzgerald!"
The Nautical Mind
“This combination history/cookbook features more than forty ships, four hundred recipes, photographs, menus and crewmembers’ favorite recipes. Each maritime type features different culinary offerings, but all will make your mouth water.”
Michigan History Magazine
“Check out recipes from Great Lakes ships of every stripe, from tall ships to freighters, Great Lakes museum ships to passenger ships, U.S. Coast Guard vessels, Michigan State carferries and even the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
Great Lakes Bookshelf
www.boatnerd.com/books
“There is a little ship history, an introduction to each ship’s culinary staff and, of course, recipes featuring specialties and crew favorites. The book begins with the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Denis Sullivan and their full-time cook Laurie Deely, who works dawn to dusk over a wood-fired stove; it ends with recipes from George Yaworski who served as steward aboard the Fitz. (Be sure to check this last section if you need a hearty soup or stew recipe for a church supper.) This would be a wonderful addition to any cookbook collection or Great Lakes Bookshelf.”
Inland Seas
Quarterly Journal of the
Great Lakes Historical Society
“This cookbook serves up tasty sounding recipes along with some truly delicious tidbits about the boats and the people who work the Great Lakes.”
Lake Superior Magazine
“Watching one of those monster freighter chug under the Mackinac Bridge or squeeze through the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, one usually does not think of great food. But, according to Ships of the Great Lakes Cookbook, the merchant seamen and women aboard those ships do eat like royalty. In fact, good eating is the rule for many commercial ships plying the five Great Lakes.”
