Flavors of St. Augustine
A Historic Cookbook
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St. Augustine captivates its visitors! Tourists return again and again to walk its narrow streets, to visit its historical sites, and to marvel at its natural beauty and old world charm. Its landscape is diverse. From ancient coquina buildings to the playful tug of ocean waves, St. Augustine offers a variety of unique features. St. Augustine captivates its residents! As a permanent settlement it dates back over 450 years, making it the oldest continually occupied city in the United States. Their culture is diverse. From its earliest inhabitants to the present St. Augustinians have a variety of unique stories to tell. Flavors of St. Augustine captures this diversity and charm. Several years of research and sketching have been blended to present the long-ago accomplishments and tastes of those who hunted our forests, cultivated our soil, and fished our waterways. The book tells of determined people who loved our town and built its lasting traditions. It contains historical menus and gives recipes, some of which have been derived from food remains excavated at archaeological sites. And it offers authentic dishes which reflect the foods available to St. Augustine’s inhabitants throughout its history. Today’s cook can step back into the city’s past by experimenting with its recipes and reading its stories. A few recipes may seem bland or extra spicy; others unfamiliar to our modern palate. But most are truly delicious. Flavors of St. Augustine tells the story of our town by presenting the history of its inhabitants through their eating habits, recipes, and cooking and preservation techniques. We invite you to bring our city’s fascinating heritage into your home through a “cook’s tour” of captivating St. Augustine—the city of five flags and a thousand flavors.
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About the Book
Flavors of St. Augustine, an Historic Cookbook offers over 200 extraordinary recipes and more than 100 beautiful pen and ink sketches for your enjoyment of St. Augustine, America’s oldest continuously occupied city, a city of five flags and a thousand flavors. At last recipes from all of St. Augustine’s historical periods have been carefully researched, compiled, and presented in a beautifully illustrated cookbook and handbook of history. Bring delicious recipes and fascinating stories from Timucua, Spanish, British, Minorcans, American Settlers, Flagler’s Gilded Age, Lighthouse Keepers, and others into your kitchen.
About the Author
Maggi Smith Hall is a Florida native. She received a B.A. from Stetson University and a M.Ed. from Francis Marion University in South Carolina. Hall has written three local history and pictorial books, four cookbooks, and a book addressing teachers’ First Amendment Rights. She founded a museum, created the second environmental education center in South Carolina, and restored 18 historic buildings one of which was the oldest operating public school in South Carolina. Hall taught school for 30 years, retired and opened a real estate company to build her daughters veterinary hospital. She is the recipient of multiple environmental and historic preservation awards. She lives in DeLand Florida with her husband and multiple rescue dogs.