Regional American
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All-American Desserts
400 Star-Spangled, Razzle-Dazzle Recipes for America’s Best Loved Desserts
Paperback , $18.95
All-American Desserts is a treasure-trove of 400 desserts that tantalize Americans across this great country, whether traditional sweets, back-of-the-box classics, or newly inspired creations. Intrepid dessert enthusiast Judith Fertig includes every type of sweet satisfaction—cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, cobblers, slumps, turnovers, cupcakes, and candy—along with their fascinating histories.
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California Home Cooking
400 Recipes that Celebrate the Abundance of Farm and Garden, Orchard and Vineyard, Land and Sea
Paperback , $17.95
Fresh ingredients express themselves boldly and honestly in the California style of cooking, in the rustic dishes of farmhouses and ranchos, in time-tested recipes brought by waves of immigrants, and in light and casual contemporary fare.
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Eula Mae’s Cajun Kitchen
Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island
By Eula Mae Dore, Marcelle R. Bienvenu
Paperback , $16.95
Eula Mae Doré has been cooking Cajun food on Avery Island, home of the McIlhenny family and their Tabasco pepper sauce, for more than half a century. Her intuition, patience, and love of food have served her better than any professional training could have. Food writer Marcelle Bienvenu spent hundreds of hours in the kitchen by Eula Mae’s side capturing nearly 100 traditional Cajun dishes as well as Eula Mae’s reminiscences of her family and her years on Avery Island.
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New England Home Cooking
350 Recipes from Town and Country, Land and Sea, Hearth and Home
By Brooke Dojny
Paperback , $18.95
In this witty and authoritative celebration of cooking in the New England style, Brooke Dojny reveals a 350-recipe feast of delectably tasty food.
Previously published as The New England Cookbook.
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Prairie Home Cooking
400 Recipes that Celebrate the Bountiful Harvests, Creative Cooks, and Comforting Foods of the American Heartland
Paperback , $16.95
The food of the Midwest is the food of America itself, a combination of tradition and innovation, comfort and creativity, abundance and thrift. In Prairie Home Cooking, Judith Fertig serves up a warm-hearted invitation to savor the best of the region’s bounty—garden-grown vegetables, orchard-picked fruits, wild nuts and berries, fresh fish and game, and prairie-raised beef, chicken, and pork—starring in hearty breakfasts, flavorful soups, big-plate main courses, and desserts that brim over with custards and fruit. In 400 recipes and extensive sidebars, Fertig celebrates this glorious American regional cuisine and culture.
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Texas Home Cooking
400 Terrific and Comforting Recipes Full of Big, Bright Flavors and Loads of Down-Home Goodness
By Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison
Paperback , $18.95
The pleasures of Texas cooking are as big and bountiful as the Lone Star State. In this spirited collection of more than 400 easy-to-follow recipes, the Jamisons explore the many living culinary traditions that together make Texas home cooking the most vibrant in the country.
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The Border Cookbook
Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico
By Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison
Paperback , $21.95
In this James Beard Book Award-winning and IACP Award-nominated cookbook, authors Bill and Cheryl Jamison combine the best of Mexican and Southwest cooking, bringing together this large region’s Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo culinary roots into one big, exuberant collection. The Border Cookbook is bursting with over 300 recipes for simple, delicious, and authentic dishes that are suitable for every meal, every day of the week.
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The Cape Cod Table
By Lora Brody
Paperback with flaps , $19.95
Fragrant fish chowder and pumpkin bisque, rich oyster stew and salt cod, sweet beach-plum jam and lobster rolls – these dishes are as evocative of Cape Cod as the salty tang of a sea breeze and the soft sand of the beach. Celebrated author and longtime Cape dweller Lora Brody presents these and many other beloved regional dishes in The Cape Cod Table, now available in paperback. Interspersed among the recipes are color photographs of luscious food and vivid scenery, transporting readers to this simple stretch of paradise with every turn of the page.
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The Hudson River Valley Cookbook
A Leading American Chef Savors the Region's Bounty
Paperback , $17.95
In a book nominated for a prestigious IACP Cookbook Award, esteemed chef Waldy Malouf gently reveals his culinary secrets to home cooks, who will share his pleasure in cooking with the many fresh ingredients, from delicate baby salad greens and earthy root vegetables to free-range chickens and hand-crafted cheeses, celebrated in these 200 recipes.
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The Italian-American Cookbook
A Feast of Food from a Great American Cooking Tradition
By John Mariani, Galina Mariani
Paperback , $19.95
At last, here is the place to look for the tastiest and most definitive renderings of Shrimp Fra Diavolo, Steak Florentine, Pasta alla Primavera, Linguine with Clam Sauce, Spinach with Pignolis, Tiramisu, and all the other treasures of the Italian-American table. In these pages, America’s premier restaurant critic, John Mariani, and his wizard-in-the-kitchen wife, Galina Mariani, update and perfect all the classics, while accompanying sidebars and archival photographs bring to life the family restaurants and home kitchens where these magnificent ethnic dishes are prepared and enjoyed.
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The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook
The Traditional Cooking of New Mexico
By Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison
Paperback , $16.95
The Rancho de Chimayó Cookbook celebrates the traditional New Mexican fare served at one of the nation’s most acclaimed restaurants, nestled 30 miles north of Santa Fe in the mountain village of Chimayó. From mild to lively in seasoning, the recipes have been adapted from classic dishes handed down through generations by the host Jaramillo family.
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The Southwestern Grill
200 Terrific Recipes for Big and Bold Backyard Barbecue
Paperback , $16.95
Grilling and Southwestern food make a sizzlingly perfect match. Nothing brings to life the bold tastes of the Southwest better than the smoky accents and robust depths of flavor that come from grilling over an open flame. With brilliant barbecue wizardry and a surefire flair with food, Michael McLaughlin serves up two hundred dazzlingly tasty recipes perfect for casual weekday dinners and spectacular weekend feasts. Now with a new cover.