Great American Food

Recipes have been carefully adapted to the needs and resources of home cooks.

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.

This volume features the best recipes for more than 400 new American classics.

For the movers and shakers of the food world, Waxman is a culinary giant who has helped invent contemporary American cooking. The forceful flavors of his dishes are unabashedly rustic and engagingly straightforward. For the first time he presents his greatest recipes to the home cook.

Legendary author and food critic Ruth Reichl collects the year's finest writing about food and drink.

This beautiful cookbook showcases the best of American regional cooking from the cooks and judges featured in PBS’ The Great American Recipe In the first season of The Great American Recipe, 10 home chefs representing distinct culinary backgrounds brought with them a rich collection of recipes. Some were secret family recipes passed down through the generations, some were new twists on regional classics, and others were their own deeply personal recipes crafted with love . . . and, together, they represent the dynamic story of America told through the diversity of its food. Now, you can bring all the fun of this new series to your kitchen with more than 100 delicious, easy-to-follow recipes from the cast, host, and judges. These recipes are accessible and taste like home—evoking nostalgia while inspiring you to explore new flavors with your loved ones. Inside, you’ll find new staples and rediscover family favorites, such as: Southern Smoke Mac and Cheese Red Chilaquiles Rhode Island–Style Fried Calamari Shakshuka with Chive Flatbread Chicken and Waffle Sandwiches Pizza Calabrese L’Italiano Burgers Crowd-Pleaser Tostadas Korean-Style Meatloaf and Potatoes Cast Iron Ribeye with Blue Cheese and Balsamic Steak Sauce Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies with Sour Cream Frosting Cannoli Dip Packed with amazing dishes and warm personal stories, and illustrated with gorgeous food photography and stills from the series, The Great American Recipe Cookbook is a must-have for fans of the show, food lovers, and every person who believes that food tells the story of who we are.

The year's top food writing from writers who celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country. "These are stories about culture," writes J. Kenji López-Alt in his introduction. "About how food shapes people, neighborhoods, and history." This year's Best American Food Writing captures the food industry at a critical moment in history -- from the confrontation of abusive kitchen culture, to the disappearance of the supermarkets, to the rise and fall of celebrity chefs, to the revolution of baby food. Spanning from New York's premier restaurants to the chile factories of New Mexico, this collection lifts a curtain on how food arrives on our plates, revealing extraordinary stories behind what we eat and how we live. THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD WRITING 2020 INCLUDES BURKHARD BILGER, KAT KINSMAN, LAURA HAYES, TAMAR HASPEL, SHO SPAETH, TIM MURPHY and others