Favorite Seafood Recipes from the Coast of Maine

Maine’s seafood traditions are gathered here in a home cook’s collection built over decades. Gloria Daniels draws on recipes from family and friends, her own kitchen, and local restaurants and clam shacks, bringing a personal sense of place to a broad range of familiar fish and shellfish dishes.

From chowder pot to supper table

The recipes are arranged to make browsing easy: begin with appetizers and salads, move on to chowders and stews, then explore dishes for whitefish, salmon, swordfish, shellfish and casseroles. Along the way, Maine standbys—including clam chowder, lobster stew and fishcakes—share space with crab dips, baked haddock, scallops, shrimp and more.

More than main dishes

Supporting chapters cover butters, marinades, sauces, batters and stuffings, giving the collection plenty of useful accompaniments as well as complete recipes. The opening section on seafood cooking basics sets the scene for the recipes that follow.

A personal collection with coastal roots

Daniels explains that many recipes came through years of family cooking and generous sharing by local food businesses. The result is not a formal culinary treatise, but an inviting collection of traditional home-style seafood cooking, with the rich, satisfying flavors of older recipes kept in view.

For cooks drawn to Maine seafood

Home cooks looking to explore fish and shellfish recipes, revisit New England coastal flavors or bring a little Maine inspiration to their table will find a varied collection to browse. Pull up a chair, choose a favorite seafood, and see where the recipes lead. 🦞