I started this seafood cookbook to bring some order to my recipe collection of 50 years. This collection consists of recipes I've collected from friends and family over the years. There are recipes I've developed myself over the many years of feeding a large family. Quite a few of these recipes were generously shared by local restaurants, clam shacks and even push carts from the local area and I've also added many I've collected from our travels around the state. Many of these establishments no longer exist but they live on in our memories because of the wonderful meals that are their legacy. Fresh seafood, excellently prepared is easy to find in Maine. Many people return year after year drawn here by the memories of our great treasure, Maine seafood. If you've visited Maine and would like to recreate some of these meals, you'll love this book.