In his debut cookbook, Jennings honours the traditional foods of New England while turning them on their head - maple flavours the dressing of a Little Gem lettuce salad as well as the dipping sauce for dumplings, molasses and cider are used to marinate chicken wings, a blueberry sauce accompanies a roasted lamb dish, and Moxie (the official soft drink of Maine) flavours beans and short ribs. New England favourites updated Jennings's way - pot roast dinner, clam rolls, lobster rolls, brown bread, frappes, and Boston cream whoopie pies - accompany long-form stories about putting together the perfect cheese board, cooking in the shoulder season, the rules for making tartare at home, how to throw an old fashioned ice cream social, and more. Jennings celebrates the ingredients, geography, climate, history, and traditions of this region.