Originally Posted on September 4, 2020

As a cookbook author and restaurant reviewer, I photograph everything I cook and eat. I currently have over 14 million views and growing daily of my 350 photographs on Google Maps. Check out my cookbook, ‘Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook.’ There are many wild game and seafood recipes, along with recipes from Maine Guides, Lobstermen, and a couple of recipes from Bud Leavitt. Bud was a Maine-based executive sports editor and an outdoor columnist who previously worked for the Bangor Daily News. Bud also hosted a fishing and hunting television show, called The Bud Leavitt Show. He took me under his wing a tad, trying to publicize the cookbook I had written. I will never forget his generosity, as he not only gave me two recipes for my cookbook but also wrote an article about me and ‘Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook‘ in the Bangor Daily News. He also handed off my manuscript to another writer who put one of the recipes in the newspaper from my cookbook, it was a surprise to me as I didn’t know he had done it. I had a great curiosity as to how it ended up in the newspaper. So, I wrote the writer and she told me that Bud had given her my manuscript. The cookbook did not get published until thirty-five years later; still, I felt Bud smiling down on me. R.I.P. Bud Leavitt!

 -Virginia Wright

Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook by Virginia Wright https://www.amazon.com/Ayuh-Another-Downeast-Cookbook-Recipes/dp/1490950818 

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What people are saying:

Sherry EllisVINE VOICE5.0 out of 5 stars Unique Cookbook Featuring Wild Game of MaineReviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook is a compilation of recipes that feature wild game and fish of Maine. Some of the unique recipes include smothered venison, barbecued rabbit, Swiss moose steak, coon cacciatore, and partridge stew. There are also recipes that aren’t quite so adventurous. These include deviled crab, clam chowder, and lobster salad. There is a nice collection of sauces as well.

The recipes are easy to follow and well organized. The sketches of wildlife sprinkled throughout the book are cute additions that add to the charm of the layout. This is a good cookbook for those looking for something different, or for those looking for ideas on what to do with the kills from a hunt.

Deanie Humphrys-Dunne5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, unique cookbook! Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2018We’ve all read cookbooks, but Virginia Wright’s new cookbook is unique. You’ll find interesting, delectable things that are out of the ordinary. For example, you can make moose, rabbit, venison, as well as wonderful sauces, chowders, fish salads or desserts. This cookbook has something for everyone. The author spent many years gathering her favorite Maine recipes that you’re sure to love. Get your copy today and start your wonderful cooking adventure of DownEast favorites.

* I was given a gift of this book and chose to review it without compensation.

Review by children’s author, Deanie Humphrys-Dunne

Launa McNeilly5.0 out of 5 stars I love the sauces and seafood recipes as well Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018This book covers so many different meats! I love the sauces and seafood recipes as well. We are fortunate to have friends who will give us a package of their hunting bounty, and it’s so nice to be able to pick up this book and have a cookbook that tells you how to cook it. I recommend this book to anyone who hunts for wild game and also to those who love Maine seafood. Kudos to Virginia Wright for giving us recipes for when we want to cook on the wild side or when we want to ma ke sure we are preparing that expensive seafood the right way.

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