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West Point Market Cookbook

9781629222714
255 pages
University of Akron Press
Overview

In Seattle, people swear by Pike Place Market. In the Big Apple, native New Yorkers trek to Zabar's. In Northeast Ohio, everyone salivates at the thought of West Point Market's Killer Brownies.

West Point Market, a market like no other, packs 350 varieties of cheese, 3,000 different wines, and 8,200 international gourmet items into 25,000 square feet of sheer culinary heaven. Family-owned since 1936, the Market's national reputation for quality and panache attracts professional chefs, party planners, gastronomic connoisseurs, and anyone who savors a dish that adds spice to life, literally.

The West Point Market Cookbook, crafted by Russ Vernon, the son of one of the Market's founders, reveals the staff's recipes for favorites such as Downtown Hash Browns, Sweet Potato Biscuits, Baja Corn Soup, Ohio Summer Squash Casserole, and Grilled Leg of Lamb with Walnut Mint Pesto. The cookbook's unique format has complete menus like “Breakfast on the Verandah,” “Luncheon with Friends,” and “Christmas Dinner,” as well as individual dishes, including West Point Market's famous chicken pot pie. Wine suggestions are provided for most of the recipes. The volume is artfully garnished by Doug Spence, who does the Market's scrumptious illustrations for the store's weekly specials.

Mix a smidgen of Ohio heartiness with a dash of time-tested fare, fold in a legacy of quality, and you've roasted up a new chapter in your cooking repertoire—the West Point Market Cookbook. You'll also be able to indulge yourself with those Killer Brownies without going to the store!

Author Bio
Russ Vernon began working at his father’s West Point Market at the age of eight. He retired as chairman in 2006 but continued to play an active role in the store until its closing in 2015. Among his many honors, Russ was named Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Entrepreneur of the Year by the Akron Regional Development Board, Sales and Marketing Executive of the Year by the Akron Sales & Marketing Association and was inducted into the Family Business Hall of Fame at Case Western University’s Weatherhead School of Business.