Explore the unique life and flavors of Lake Michigan with this lavishly illustrated volume of seasonal, allergen-friendly recipes and culinary journey stories. Harbor Country has been a favorite vacation spot for generations. In this combination cookbook and travel guide, Lindsay Navama of Third Coast Kitchen takes you on a culinary journey through Southwest Michigan’s tiny towns, freshwater beaches, and rolling countryside. Lindsay’s recipes will transport you straight to Harbor Country, even if you’ve never visited. Hungry for Harbor Country features fifty-six recipes that celebrate the vast variety of the region’s local ingredients—like asparagus in spring, zucchini and cherries in summer, sugar pumpkins and Brussels sprouts in fall. The Seasonal Fire Pit Seafood Feast uses the freshest catch from the Flagship Fish Market and produce sourced from nearby farms. Recipes for regional favorites like the Luisa’s Cafe Blueberry Mascarpone Crepes and the Whistle Stop Aunt Wilma Bar welcome readers into the region’s beloved restaurants and cafes. In addition to celebrating the many occasions for living well at the lake and beyond, many of these recipes are dairy- or gluten-free.

Bob has written this book as a tribute to the people of an era in our nation’s history. The events in the book are seen through the eyes of pre-teen boys in living on Long Island, New York in the late 1930s and early 40s. It is not so much a tale of survival as it is about the resiliency of youth and how they found ways not only to cope with but to and try to understand the horrific events of December 1941 and the days and years after.

For the young boys of Valley Stream, Long Island, growing up in the shadow of the horrors of December of 1941 is about finding ways to cope. The boys join in on the wartime efforts where they can, helping with scrap drives and working in the victory gardens. Just as their gardens mature, so do the boys who tend them. In baseball, they find welcome distraction from their grief amid more joyful reminders of their youthful innocence. Delmar Darby IVbetter known as DD4 to his friendsis in love. The irresistible Alice Meachamalso known as Alice Blue-Eyes to her young beaucaptured his heart at the start of their teens. Now, with the world threatening to tear itself apart, they do the only thing that seems sensible when nothing makes sense anymore. Their wedding is a symbol of hope and love and optimism, even if its hard to make promises in war. Their story is told by their friend Bob and a would-be hermit known as HAG. Compared to the war, the desire to learn how to dance may not mean much, but to DD4 and Alice Blue-Eyes, its what they can do to stay sane. With the help of Maud and Sister Mary Elizabeth, a nun renowned for her spirited Irish jig, their community hopes to learn that the surest cure for tragedy abroad may be the embrace of small victories at home.