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Summary: Definitive
Review: Absolutely beautiful...and imminently useable (the recipes, not the oversized hardback format). Every recipe that I expected in an all-American book was in here--Key lime pie, lemon chess pie, posole, Parker House rolls--it's really wonderful and complete. I would love to see this in a trade paperback edition, so more people could afford and use this beautiful book of delicious recipes and regional cooking history. A great gift for your foreign friends, or someone going to live abroad (permanently, if you're going to lug somethin of this size around!).
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Summary: My favorite cookbook of all times
Review: Excellent, tested recipes make you a good cook and I can make any recipe in this book with confidence that it will be one that people will ask for the recipe. I love good food and learning the history of how each region of the country came to be famous for certain dishes deepens your appreciation for it. Every recipe has a picture,too!
No one I know has this book (it was a gift to me) so I loved reading other people's five star reviews. I finally found some out of print editions on Amazon.
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Summary: Excellent book. Wish was still in print
Review: I have been using this book since I received as a gift, original print (approx. 1976). Even received notice in my local newspaper many years ago when I submitted the "Joe Frogger Molasses Cookie" recipe with history, to a request for molasses cookies that had shelf life. I think they loved the history attached to it.I am a Culinary Arts graduate and I find this book to be a "back to" favorite. One of my favorites. Many cooks in my family use it, and another is searching for it. Buying used...wish me luck.
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Summary: Excellent book. Wish was still in print
Review: I have been using this book since I received as a gift, original print (approx. 1976). Even received notice in my local newspaper many years ago when I submitted the "Joe Frogger Molasses Cookie" recipe with history, to a request for molasses cookies that had shelf life. I think they loved the history attached to it. I am a Culinary Arts graduate and I find this book to be a "back to" favorite. One of my favorites. Many cooks in my family use it, and another is searching for it. Buying used...wish me luck.
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Summary: Best Resource in My Kitchen
Review: If I could only keep one cookbook, this would be it. I find myself going to this book time after time for both classic and unique recipes. It has given me a much richer sense of the history of the nation as a whole, and even of my own geographic region. The recipes are wonderful, but the explanations of how and why the dishes were used...well, they're what makes this book truly special! I have the original and the book jacket is pretty worn, but it will always have the most prominent place on my shelf.
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Summary: Best Resource in My Kitchen
Review: If I could only keep one cookbook, this would be it. I find myself going to this book time after time for both classic and unique recipes. It has given me a much richer sense of the history of the nation as a whole, and even of my own geographic region. The recipes are wonderful, but the explanations of how and why the dishes were used...well, they're what makes this book truly special! I have the original and the book jacket is pretty worn, but it will always have the most prominent place on my shelf.
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Summary: every recipe is a delicious, classic recipe from the region
Review: This is my favorite cookbook of all times. Each recipe includes a picture, nutritional components and a few sentences as to its origins. For example, gumbo is the African name for okra. The recipes are unusually delicious and I have the confidence to experiment on company! Plus, they use familiar ingredients. I can't believe this book is out of print! I am looking for copies as gifts.
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