Martha Stewart, who has so significantly influenced the American table, collects her favorite national dishes--as well as the stories and traditions behind them--in this love letter to American food featuring 200 recipes. These are recipes that will delight you with nostalgia, inspire you, and teach you about our nation by way of its regions and their distinctive flavors. Above all, these are time-honored recipes that you will turn to again and again. Organized geographically, the 200 recipes in Martha’s American Food include main dishes such as comforting Chicken Pot Pies, easy Grilled Fish Tacos, irresistible Barbecued Ribs, and hearty New England Clam Chowder. Here, too, are thoroughly modern starters, sides, and one-dish meals that harness the bounty of each region’s seasons and landscape: Hot Crab Dip, Tequila-Grilled Shrimp, Indiana Succotash, Chicken and Andouille Gumbo, Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Whitefish, and Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Meyer Lemon, Arugula, and Pistachios. And you will want to leave room for dessert, with dozens of treats such as Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie, New York Cheesecake, and Peach and Berry Cobbler. Through sidebars about the flavors that define each region and stunning photography that brings the foods—and the places with which we identify them—to life, Martha celebrates the unique character of each part of the country. With all the dishes that inspire pride in our national cuisine, Martha’s American Food gathers, in one place, the recipes that will surely please your family and friends for generations to come.
The Pelican State has some of the most diverse food traditions of any state in the nation. From the traditional Southern-style classics of North Louisiana to the Creole cuisine of New Orleans, there are so many great Louisiana recipes to try. With the Louisiana Hometown Cookbook, you can sample them all. This Louisiana cookbook features more than 250 easy Louisiana recipes from hometown cooks living throughout Louisiana. From traditional Louisiana cuisine to festival foods, you'll discover a recipe for just about any dish you can dream up. As you cook, you'll also discover fun facts about towns and annual food festivals that celebrate Louisiana cuisine. Don't miss out on this must-have addition to your kitchen shelf.
A rollicking biography of a pioneering American woman and one of our greatest culinary figures In Hometown Appetites, Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris come together to revive the legacy of the most important food writer you have never heard of. Clementine Paddleford was a Kansas farm girl who grew up to chronicle America's culinary habits. Her weekly readership at the New York Herald Tribune topped 12 million during the 1950s and 1960s and she earned a salary of $250,000. Yet twenty years after "America's best-known food editor" passed away, she had been forgotten--until now. Before Paddleford, newspaper food sections were dull primers on home economy. But she changed all of that, composing her own brand of sassy, unerringly authoritative prose designed to celebrate regional home cooking. This book restores Paddleford's name where it belongs: in the pantheon alongside greats like James Beard and Julia Child.
Real American Food draws from Burt Wolf's lifetime of experiences traveling the country producing programming for PBS. Packed with fascinating trivia and history, this book defines the distinctive contributions of key regions to American cuisine.
For 10+ years, Vi has captured her family's recipes, experimented with modern techniques, and taught cooking classes. Now, you can share in all that she's learned. Immerse yourself in both recipes and their history. Enjoy classics such as Banh Mi to modern Vietnamese-inspired cocktails like the Perilla Mojito. Read about Pho's evolution from the French Invasion through the Vietnam War. Learn what happened - and taste it for yourself - when the Spanish-Indian spice trade came to Vietnam, giving locals a chance to incorporate new spaces into their dishes. You'll get lost in both the cultural journey and the tastes of Vietnam with Vi's cookbook.
The first and greatest book of regional American cuisine, now revised for today’s home cook. Imagine a person with the culinary acumen of Julia Child, the inquisitiveness of Margaret Mead, and the daring of Amelia Earhart. This is Clementine Paddleford, America’s first food journalist. In the 1930s, Paddleford set out to do something no one had done before: chronicle regional American food. Writing for the New York Herald Tribune, Gourmet, and This Week, she crisscrossed the nation, piloting a propeller plane, to interview real home cooks and discover their local specialties. The Great American Cookbook is the culmination of Paddleford’s career. A best seller when first published in 1960 as How America Eats, this coveted classic has been out of print for thirty years. Here are more than 500 of Paddleford’s best recipes, all adapted for contemporary kitchens. From New England there is Real Clam Chowder; from the South, Fresh Peach Ice Cream; from the Southwest, Albondigas Soup; from California, Arroz con Pollo. Behind all the recipes are extraordinary stories, which make this not just a cookbook but also a portrait of America.
Discover the many flavors of hometown America with American Profile’s cookbook featuring more than four hundred family recipes, plus stories, articles, and more. Dedicated to celebrating American hometown life, American Profile has always invited readers to share their favorite recipes, along with the stories behind them. This cookbook collects more than four hundred of the most memorable and delicious entries. Here are real American recipes passed from generation to generation, traded among dear friends, or created to meet the needs of a family on a budget. In this extraordinary cookbook, you’ll find classic favorites with a unique twist alongside ethnic creations from around the world, such as Apple-Sausage Pancakes, Tamale Soup, Chicken Dumplings, Aunt Lillian’s Pumpkin Bread, Tiramisu Torte, and many others. Also included are helpful tips from American Profile’s test kitchen as well as thirty articles on hometown festivals and fairs across the nation. Whether it’s a simple soup for the family or a full meal for visitors, the American Profile Hometown Cookbook has just the right recipe to make any gathering a special occasion.