Cooking in the Shaker Spirit

In the late 1980’s, James Haller was widely regarded as one of the country's best chefs. He left his famous Blue Strawberry restaurant in Portsmouth in 1986 and eventually went to work at the Shaker Village in Canterbury. There, he got to know the remaining four Shaker sisters personally and became indoctrinated in their simple, but elegant style of cooking. His book inspired by his time there is called "Cooking in the Shaker Spirit." It's now out in a second edition.

James Haller now lives in South Berwick Maine, where he offers cooking classes. His other books include, "What to Eat When You Don’t Feel Like Eating", "The Blue Strawberry Cookbook", and the most recent "Simply Wonderful Foods-A Cookbook for Men Receiving Radiation During Prostate Cancer."