American Classics: More Than 300 Exhaustively Tested Recipes For America's Favorite Dishes

by Cook's Illustrated

This winner of the IACP Cookbook Award contains all the stateside favourites from corn muffins and Caesar salad to waffles. American Classics features more than 300 recipes from favourite regional dishes such as Boston baked beans, New York Cheesecake, Chicago deepdish pizza and New Orleans' legendary red beans and rice. There are chapters on soups and stews, salads, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish and shellfish, breads, sandwiches, breakfasts, cookies and brownies and puddings.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

432 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Johanna Inman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never made something from this book that I didn't think was great. Each "classic" has a really informative and interesting story about the dish's history. The recipes are thoughtfully constructed and precise, and I like how there is commentary on the different test recipes that lead to the perfected version.

[Cheryl Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these books; the author and staff take recipes and cook them using different ingredients and methods until they have the best tasting one. The banana bread recipe is to die for. I only rate this 4 stars because the range of recipes are limited.

[Jovy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing!!! I love the recipes, photos, information in this book. Anything that consist "American Classic" in the title will be an awesome book!