Brigade, Seats!: The Naval Academy Cookbook,

Brigade, Seats! is at once a collection of favorite recipes from the U.S. Naval Academy and a celebration of its rich traditional heritage. First published in 1984, this volume has been thoroughly revised and updated. Menus, including 282 all-new recipes (mostly serving 8 but occasionally 4,000), are featured for every significant event in a midshipman's four-year career at the Academy. Everything from a plebe summer picnic and a football tailgate party to the Ring Dance banquet and Superintendent's garden party are showcased here, and the traditions behind them fondly described. Chef Karen Gibson made headlines when she went to the Naval Academy in 1980 and revamped the dietary program for the midshipmen, creating new recipes and instructing the cooks of King Hall. In this book she gives a firsthand look at the mind-boggling problems involved in feeding a crowd of 4,000-plus and at the social activities that have been a part of Academy culture since the early days. Along with her triumphs have come occasional disasters - such as the time 2,000 pounds of roast bee

A collection of hundreds of favorite recipes from the Academy with complete menus created by a former USNA chef and cookbook celebrity.

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