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The Great American Cookbook

500 Time-Testes Recipes: Favorite Food from Every State

by Clementine Paddleford
Molly O'Neill
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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.   

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  • Release date

    October 11, 2011

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      • ISBN: 9780847837472

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      • ISBN: 9780847837472
      • File size: 7805 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2011

      This massive homage to midcentury American cooking is a revised edition of prolific food writer Paddleford's 1960s best seller, How America Eats. The author traveled more than 800,000 miles collecting these recipes, which are organized by region and subdivided by state. Some recipes--like Swiss Cheese-Stuffed Meatloaf Supreme and Pheasant Casserole--are charmingly dated, but most are uncannily familiar. Paddleford was clearly ahead of her time, and her reporting is a pleasure to read. This title's historic and ethnographic significance will appeal to researchers, and anyone who loves good food writing will enjoy the stories accompanying some of America's best-known dishes.

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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