Nestled between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and
stretching from Hampton Roads to Assateague Island, Virginia's
Eastern Shore is a distinctly southern place with an exceptionally
southern taste. In this inviting narrative, Bernard L. Herman
welcomes readers into the communities, stories, and flavors that
season a land where the distance from tide to tide is often less
than five miles. Blending personal observation, history, memories
of harvests and feasts, and recipes, Herman tells of life along the
Eastern Shore through the eyes of its growers, watermen, oyster and
clam farmers, foragers, church cooks, restaurant owners, and
everyday residents. Four centuries of encounter, imagination, and
invention continue to shape the foodways of the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, melding influences from Indigenous peoples, European
migrants, enslaved and free West Africans, and more recent
newcomers. Herman reveals how local ingredients and the cooks who
have prepared them for the table have developed a distinctly
American terroir--the flavors of a place experienced through its
culinary and storytelling traditions. This terroir flourishes even
as it confronts challenges from climate change, declining fish
populations, and farming monoculture. Herman reveals this
resilience through the recipes and celebrations that hold meaning,
not just for those who live there but for all those folks who sit
at their tables--and other tables near and far.
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