Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from Portland's The Country Cat

An American Breakfast

• Buttermilk Biscuits
• Ridiculously Good Buttermilk Pancakes
• Challah French Toast with Maker’s Mark Custard and Clabber Cream
• Challah Bread
• Brioche Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
• Slow Burn
• Morel and Spring Vegetable Hash
• My Smoky Bacon
• Breakfast Sausage with Maple Mustard
• Maple Mustard

The Garden

• Wedge Salad with Soft Poached Egg and Green Goddess Dressing
• Chanterelle, Green Bean, and Freekeh Salad with Huckleberry Vinaigrette
• Grilled Corn Salad with Bing Cherries and Goat Cheese
• Sugar Snap Pea and Soft Goat Cheese Salad with Cornbread Muffins
• Melon Salad with Arugula, Fennel, and Marjoram
• Crispy Pig’s Ear Salad with Ranch Dressing
• Ranch Dressing

The Kettle

• Asparagus and Wild Rice Soup with Parsley Lemon Garlic Butter
• Stewed Red Potato, Baby Squash, and Sweet Onion Soup with Walnut Pistou
• Smoked Tomato Soup
• Creamy Celery Root Soup
• Autumn Squash Soup with Apple Cider and Brown Butter
• Mama’s Chili

Finger Foods

• “Eat a Dozen” Deviled Eggs
• Soft Buttery Pretzels
• Judy
• Grilled Oysters with Homemade BBQ Sauce
• Meat Candy (aka Beef Jerky)
• A Side of Love (Crispy Onion Rings)
• Homemade Ketchup

Fins and Shells

• Salt-Baked Steelhead with Soft Herbs, Lemon, and Cracked Fennel Seed
• Bacon-Wrapped Trout with Summer Vegetables
• Peel ‘n‘ Eat Shrimp
• Razor Clams “Rockefeller”
• Manila Clams with Country Ham, Peas, and Mint
• Crispy Fried Oysters with Smoky Bacon and Green Apple Ragout
• Boiled Crab with Scampi Butter
• Heartland Fish Fry with Homemade Tartar Sauce
• Homemade Tartar Sauce

The Birds

• Skillet-Fried Chicken
• “Sappy Spice” Grilled Chicken
• Brick-Pressed Cornish Game Hen with Grated Tomato Vinaigrette
• Crispy Turkey Tails with Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing
• Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing
• Braised Duck Legs
• Brined and Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey

The Butcher’s Block

• Chicken-Fried Steak with “Woo” Gravy
• “Woo” Gravy
• Red Wine-Braised Beef with Wild Mushroom Steak Sauce
• Wild Mushroom Steak Sauce
• Mustard and Hazelnut Crusted Tri-Tip
• Chard and Goat Cheese Stuffed Lamb Meatballs
• Grilled Lamb Leg Steaks with Balsamic-Braised Figs
• Bread Pudding-Stuffed Lamb Shoulder
• Porchetta
• Brined and Grilled Pork Chops
• Hickory-Smoked Pork Shoulder

Somethin’ for the Side

• Brown Butter, Maple Syrup, and Orange Glazed Carrots
• Smoky Bacon-Braised Collard Greens
• Olive Oil-Braised Pole Beans
• Asparagus Casserole
• Chanterelle and Blackberry Succotash
• South Carolina Creamy Grits
• Creamed Corn
• Pecan Spoonbread
• Mashed Potatoes with Sausage Gravy
• Sausage Gravy
• Barley-Quinoa Cakes
• Granny Cris’s Stuffing
• Honey Paprika Potatoes

A Sweet Finish

• Bourbon Peach Crumble Pie
• My Ultimate Pie Crust
• Free-Form Apple Pie
• Rhubarb Cobbler with Ruby Caramel
• Basil-Infused Strawberry Shortcakes
• Pear-Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake
• Molly’s Toffee
• Butterscotch Pudding
• Butterscotch Chip Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting and Smoky Bacon
• Arnie Palmer Popsicles
• Birthday Cake

Muddle, Shaken and Stirred

• Proud Mary
• Bloody Mary Rimming Salt
• Good Morning Sunshine
• Honey Simple Syrup
• Harvest Mimosa
• The Maple Leaf
• The Kentucky Housewife
• Simple Syrup
• El Gato Verde
• The Ginger Lee
• Ginger Vodka
• Honey Punch
• Grenadine

Pickled and Preserved

• Bread-and-Butter Pickles
• Dried Fruit Compote
• Smoked Tomato Jam
• Summer Berry Jam
• Apple Butter