Heather Atwood from The Gloucester Times

http://blogs.gloucestertimes.com/foodforthought/2010/08/22/anadama-bread-from-the-three-melissas-a-culinary-treasury-of-cape-ann/#more-1500

Check out this link. Heather Atwood from the Gloucester Times writes an excellent weekly column called "Food for Thought" and I was thrilled when she featured me today!

Melissa Smith Abbott Interview Part I

Part 1 Video Interview of myself talking about The Legacy of Three Melissas, a book I recently published about history, commentary, and recipes of Cape Ann Massachusetts. The interview is done for a very popular local Gloucester blog called "GoodMorningGloucester" my life on the dock by Capt Joey Ciametaro. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow night.


The book is available at www.anadamabreadbook.com

Book Signing at Cape Ann at Cape Ann Museum

The Book Signing on Saturday made the Gloucester Daily Times this morning with this little "blurb"

Author talks about local inns, food

The Cape Ann Museum presents a book signing with Gloucester's Melissa Smith Abbott, author of "The Legacy of the Three Melissas" on Saturday, Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to noon in the special exhibition gallery featuring the show "Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: Rockport Artists in the 1930s." The book signing is free to the public.

Years ago, the author's family on her father's side ran the Anadama Bread Bakery, Blacksmith Shop Restaurant, The Cable House Bed & Breakfast, The Faraday Inn, all in Rockport, and The Easterly Inn in Gloucester. Her grandmother, Melissa Collins Smith, along with her husband William P.C. Smith, ran food businesses on Cape Ann for 70 years. The Blacksmith Shop Restaurant was a favorite haunt of Rockport artists during the 1930s. Abbott has put together her family's collection of menus, recipes, photos, artwork, cookbooks, historic documents, and memorabilia in her new book. The museum is located at 27 Pleasant St. in Gloucester. For information, call 978-283-0455 or visit www.capeannmuseum.org.

For more information about the book: www.anadamabreadbook.com 

The Legacy of Three Melissas www.anadamabreadbook.com

Announcing the release of my cookbook which I have been busy with for the last few months! Over 300 New England Historic Recipes with history and commentary on Cape Ann Massachusetts. It is available on my website www.anadamabreadbook.com and locally on Cape Ann at The Bookstore, Toad Hall, Harbor Loop Gifts, and Cape Ann Museum. There will be a public book signing at 11AM, Sat. Aug. 14th at The Cape Ann Museum, Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA 01930


The book includes a chapter on the history of Anadama Bread which my family baked commercially from the 1930's to the 1970's on Cape Ann and distributed the bread regionally, throughout New England during that time. 


There are also recipes for such favorites as Joe Froggers (a rum and molasses cookie taken to sea by sailors), Easterly Inn Popovers, Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins, New England style Clambakes, Clam Fritters, Chowders, Melissa's Garlic Dressing, and many more regional favorites with interesting commentary and history.