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Recipes From Maine’s TV host, Executive Sports Editor, and Outdoor Columnist Bud Leavitt found in ‘Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook’ by Virginia Wright |Maine Author

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As a cookbook author and restaurant reviewer, I photograph everything I cook and eat. I presently have 3-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 executive sports editor and an outdoor columnist that worked for Bangor Daily News back in the day. 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 always remember his generosity… as he not only gave me two recipes for my cookbook, but he 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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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 cook book 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 wellReviewed 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 that 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 that 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 make sure we are preparing that expensive seafood the right way.

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Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook: Recipes From Maine #2 on Amazon Best-Selling Hot New Releases List

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4/27/2018- What exciting news to wake up to this morning! Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook: Recipes From Maine is #2 on Amazon Best-Selling Hot New Releases list and #18 on Amazon Best-Selling New England Cookbooks list. Woot! Thanks to all who bought my book and pushed it to best-seller status.

Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook: Recipes From Maine is chock-full of unique and delicious Game recipes for the wildlife food enthusiast. The recipes include everything from bear to raccoon, clams and lobster, chowders, sauces, and wild goosegrass greens. These recipes are brought to you from Registered Maine Guides of The Maine Professional Guides Association, members of Maine Lobstermen’s Association, as well as Bangor Daily News columnist, and TV personality, Bud Leavitt.

AYUH, ANOTHER DOWNEAST COOKBOOK: RECIPES FROM MAINE BY VIRGINIA WRIGHT IS CHOCK-FULL OF GAME, FISH & SEAFOOD RECIPES.

Many years ago, the wild game provided meat for my families table. Living in Maine, my father was a hunter. He got his fair share of deer each season. Hunting for small game birds and animals such as partridge and rabbit was also something my father did. He loved going fishing for bass and brook trout, too. Also, when he hit the tides just right, he would load the car up with his hip boots, grab the clam hoe and roller, and hit the clam flats for a mess of clams. This is not just how our family got their food and ate, for many generations, people from Maine have hunted and fished here. Lakes in Maine flourish with abundant fish, wild game from deer to bear, and moose are found in the wilderness here. Trapping beaver and muskrat is something some of the most rugged Mainers attempt, including my father-in-law. Today, hunting, fishing, lobstering, and clamming, still plays a significant role in the state–it is the Maine way.

Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook: Recipes From Maine will bring you delicious and unique recipes with every page you turn, including– Venison Jerky, Coon Cacciatore, Swiss Moose Steak, Smothered Muskrat,  Chestnut Stuffing n’ Partridge, Lobster casserole, and more.

Happy Cooking!
-Virginia Wright