Cooking USA: 50 Favorite Recipes from Across America

by John Margolies and Georgia Orcutt

Book Overview

What's more American than fried chicken and apple pie? Join Georgia Orcutt and John Margolies on a cross-country culinary journey to find all the delicious possibilities. Cooking USA spans the 50 states, offering 50 recipes guaranteed to stir up as much nostalgia as fabulous food. Louisiana Chicken Gumbo, Maryland Crab Cakes, Washington Apple Dumplings -- each state offers its own scrumptious slice of America. Full of fun facts (Who knew Delaware...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811839605
• ISBN13: 9780811839600
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Yummy reading

Christmas gift for my roommate-she can't wait to dive in to all the culinary treats that lay ahead!

Take a cooking road trip to all 50 states without leaving the kitchen

I bought this book last spring. This is an amazing cookbook and boy do you have to see what kind of recipes this book has. This is The Cooking USA cookbook. Its a cookbook that has 50 recipes, 1 recipe per state, and in those recipes are the type of food that are famouse for the state. For Exsample, There a recipe for New York Cheesecake, because cheesecake is the state capital and they say New York take their cheesecake seriously. And then there Sugar on snow for Vermont. Because one of the ingreadents in that recipe is maple syrup. Because Vermont is known for produing the larges suply of Maple syrup. So heres how my cooking road trip work for this book. READY To start with For cocktail hour: How about a Tennessee Lynchburg Lemonade with Jack Daniels whisky and some Billy Ray Cyrus or Glen Cambell to go with that, or A Kentucky Mint Julep. Look at all those pretty horses at the Kentucky Durby.Who will win the Kentucky durby? I don't know, but I'll drink to that For first course Meal: Warm up with a Massachusett Clam chowder or Texas Brazos River Chili, Does that sound good to ya all For the main meal: There Maine Steamed lobster with Idaho Baked stuffed potato or Hawaii Sweet and sour spareribs, or for the pizza lovers every where, and there only 1 way to eat one and that the windy city. Illinois Chicago pizza with the deep dish crust that evryone loves. And to end the perfect meal: Hoo Ya. Theres the Mississippi mud cake, Georgia peach cake, Florida key lime pie, Michigan cherry pie, and Oregon blackberry pie. Now that I toke the road trip and had a blast with this book. I think you should take one to. So buy this book and take the trip and tell me how it went. And don't forget to take some photos too.