Traditional Portuguese Recipes from Provincetown

by Mary Alice Cook, Gillian Drake (Editor), George E. Browne (Photographer)

Born in Alhao, Portugal, in 1914, Mary Alice Luiz Cook came to Provincetown with her family to join her fisherman father in 1915. In this delightful book, she shares more than 70 of her family recipes. The book also includes a personal memoir of her early years in Provincetown, and is illustrated with many historic photos, never before published, by George Elmer Browne, a painter living in Provincetown in the first half of the 20th century.

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1983

Reviews

[james Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written by my grandmother. I grew up going to P-Town in the summer. We ate these and many other Portuguese foods. She was a loving, intelligent woman. Simple recipes that take a little kitchen skills to pull off.