Start with high-confidence new england cooking books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Original 1896 Boston Cooking-school Cook Book
Fannie Merritt Farmer
The Lost Kitchen
Erin French
In the Hands of a Chef
Jody Adams, Ken Rivard
Knife Drop
Nick DiGiovanni
The Truth About Baked Beans
Meg Muckenhoupt
New England Desserts
Tammy Donroe Inman
Provincetown Seafood Cookbook
Howard Mitcham
The Little Women Cookbook
Jenne Bergstrom, Miko Osada
Gilmore Girls: the Official Cookbook
Elena Craig, Kristen Mulrooney
New England Soups From the Sea
Craig Fear
My Vermont Table
Gesine Bullock-Prado
My Harvest Kitchen
Eventide
Arlin Smith, Andrew Taylor