This Deluxe Author's Edition covers the course of 400 years, where people have been growing, cooking, eating and drinking various foods and beverages creating a singular Mid-Atlantic cuisine that we all enjoy today. It should be noted that the food pathways of the Mid-Atlantic encompasses the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Because of the geography, climate and the abundance of natural resources in terms of fish, game, and vegetation found along the Chesapeake Bay, the influences of these particular states on the cuisine in this region of the United States are extremely diverse and eclectic, due to the food narratives of the indigenous peoples, explorers and colonists, Africans that were both frees and enslaved and the immigrant experience. Many of the port cities in the Mid-Atlantic also served as a gateway for immigrants from all over the world, bringing with them the various dishes and culinary traditions.