US Recipes and Cookbooks

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• Just like the state of Hawaii itself, Hawaiian cuisine combines Polynesian and Western traditions. Additionally, Hawaii has many links with Asia and a large Asian population, and thus Hawaiian cuisine includes many recipes adapted from Asian cuisine.
  
  
• The first Europeans to settle in New Orleans and what is today the state of Louisiana, were of French origin. Thus Cajun and Creole cuisine has been greatly influenced by French cuisine's traditions, although of course using American ingredients.
  
  
• New England cuisine is known for excellent seafood, particularly lobsters.
  
  
• Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island group that was ruled by Spain for hundreds of years before being acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American war. Puerto Rican cuisine thus combines traditions from Spanish cuisine with ideas from Caribbean cuisine.
  
  
• The Southwestern part of the United States was once ruled by Mexico, amd even today still has many links with that country. Southwestern cuisine thus includes many items inspired by Mexican cuisine.

• Chicago-style pizza - A deep-dish variety of pizza, originally from Chicago.
  
  
• Chili con carne - A spicy stew made from meat (usually beef) and chile peppers. Some recipes also add other ingredients such as beans, onions, and tomatoes, although there are also people who adamantly say the recipe should not include such ingredients.
  
  
• Clam chowder - A soup, created using a milk base, and containing clams, flour, onions, potato, and bacon or salted pork. There are two main versions of this recipe:
  • The recipe traditionally made in New England, sometimes known as "New England clam chowder" or "Boston clam chowder", does not contain tomatoes.
  • The recipe traditionally made in New York City, sometimes known as "Manhattan clam chowder", which does contain tomatoes.
  
  
  
• Club Sandwich - A sandwich made using three layers of toasted bread, between which are two layers of fillings. One layer of filling contains chicken or turkey breast meat. The other layer of filling contains bacon, lettuce and tomato slices. Variations of the recipe sometimes add extra ingredients such as cooked egg or sliced of cheese.
  
  
• Congealed salad - A salad made from flavored gelatin into which are embedded fruit or vegetables such as grated carrots. Sometimes other ingredients such as cream cheese, marshmellows, nuts, or pretzels may be added instead.
  
  
• Corn dog - A fast-food snack, traditionally eaten at fairs and other events. It is a hot dog, covered in cornmeal batter, and then deep-fried or baked. Corndogs are usually served on wooden sticks, and are usually eaten with ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, or a relish.
  
  
  
• Eggs Benedict - Half an English muffin topped with bacon or ham, poached eggs, and Hollandaise sauce.
  
  
• Fried chicken - Chicken coated in seasoned flour and then deep-fried. Fried chicken is particularly associated with Southern cuisine and with Soul Food.
  
  
• Grits - One of Southern cuisine's most famous dishes. It is a porridge made from maize, and made be eaten either for breakfast or a side-dish with another meal.
  
  
• Gumbo - A soup originally from Cajun and Creole cuisine. It has subsequently become widely popular along the whole coast of the Gulf Mexico, and has also been adopted by many Soul Food eateries and restaurants. The soup is made from meat or fish stock and containing bell peppers, celery and onion. Dried ground sassafras leaves ("filé powder), okra, or roux (wheat flour and fat) are used to thicken the soup, and other ingredients usually include assorted assorted meat, smoked pork or sausage, and shellfish.
  
  
  
• Jambalaya - Cajun and Creole cuisine's adaptation of the Spanish recipe, paella. It is a rice dish flavored with tomato and containing local meat, seafood and vegetables.
  
  
  
• Johnny cakes - Fried pancakes made from cornmeal.
  
  
• Key lime pie - This is a traditional dessert originally from the Florida keys. The dish is made from condensed milk rather than fresh milk, because in the days before refridgeration, it was hard or impossible to obtain fresh milk in the Florida Keys. Key limes, which are small limes native to the Florida Keys, are also essential to the dish. The key limes, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks, are all prepared in a pie crust, and additionally egg whites are also often used to make a meringue topping.
  
  
  
• Laulau - A modern adaptation of a traditional recipe of Hawaiian cuisine, and usually served macaroni or rice salad. Laulau is made from salted butterfish and meat (beef, chicken or pork), all placed inside a taro leaf.
  
  
• New York-style pizza - A style of pizza originally from New York (and still popular in that city). The pizza is made into large very thin wide slices, which are folded in half when eaten.
  
  
• Poke - A salad made according to a Hawaiian recipe. The salad contains raw fish, fly fish roe ("tobiko"), tofu, onions, scallions and tomatoes. It is lavored using chillis or red pepper, sea salt, sesame oil and soy sauce.
  
  
• Pumpkin pie - A pie containing a pumpkin-based custard. The pie is particularly associated with Halloween, and is also popular at Christmas and Thanksgiving. Spices such as cinnamon, cloves and ginger are used from flavoring, and it is often served accompanied by whipped cream.
  
  
  
• Spam teriyaki - A favorite of Hawaiian cuisine, made using Spam (the canned meat product made by the Hormel Food Corporation). The dish is made using Japanese cuisine's teriyaki style of cooking (cooking meat in a sweet soy sauce, known as "teriyaki sauce").
  
  
• Shrimp Creole - A Creole recipe, made from shrimps in a peppery sauce containing using tomatoes, celery, onion, and bell peppers. Shrimp Creole is normally served over rice.
  
  
• Succotash - A dish with its origins in native American cuisine, Succotash is made from butter beans, corn, and tomatoes, which are cooked together in butter.
  
  
  
• Tacos - A U-shaped crispy corn tortilla stuffed with various fillings. Typical fillings include ground beef, cheese, lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes.
  
  
• Waldorf salad - A world famous salad named after the Waldorf Hotel (the forerunner of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel) in New York, where the salad was invented. The salad is made from apple, celery and walnuts, all in a mayonnaise sauce.

Blue Ribbon USA: Prizewinning Recipes from State and County Fairs By Georgia Orcutt Chronicle Books Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $16.95* Lowest New Price: $4.97* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780811854849 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: Everyone loves a winner. These prize-winning recipes from state and county fairs across the country bring together the best in American cooking and it's not all apple pie. Mary's Sticky Biscuits won at the Alabama National Fair; Cool Fruit Strata won at the Iowa State Fair (which draws more than a million visitors!); and in California, the winner of 600 blue ribbons took home another for her unique Salsa Jam. Facts about the fairs plus colorful ephemera bring memories of cotton candy, corn dogs, and funnel cake. There are even tips on how to garner your very own blue ribbon.

Cooking USA: 50 Favorite Recipes from Across America By John Margolies Chronicle Books Hardcover (128 pages) List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $4.00* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: 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 was home to the world's largest frying pan? Or that Oregon is the number one blackberry producer in the U.S.?) plus colorful artwork reminiscent of small-town life of yesteryear, this collection of regional flavors truly celebrates the tastes of the States.

Taste of America: Favorite Recipes from Across the USA By Betty Evans Gulf Publishing Hardcover (90 pages) List Price: $15.95* Lowest New Price: $5.20* Lowest Used Price: $4.94* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: With recipes gathered from sea to shining sea, no other cookbook and no other country offers such a wide array of tempting foods in such a beautiful package.

American Classics: More Than 300 Exhaustively Tested Recipes For America's Favorite Dishes Boston Common Press Hardcover (432 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $16.09* Lowest Used Price: $3.48* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Classic recipes from American home cooking–tested and refurbished in the Cook's Illustrated test kitchen. Over the years, many classic American recipes have fallen into disrepair, barely recognizable shambles of their former selves. So if you want a recipe for cornbread, cheesesteak sandwiches, frosted layer cakes, hermit cookies, green bean casserole, or macaroni and cheese that tastes at least as good as you remember, where would you find it? Well, now you can turn to American Classics from the editors of Cook's Illustrated. This 448-page cookbook provides 335 recipes covering the wide range of American cooking. Choose from favorite regional dishes such as Boston baked beans, Chicago deep-dish pizza, and New Orleans' legendary red beans and rice. Beloved family fare, such as chicken pot pie, corned beef and cabbage, turkey Tetrazzini, ham roast, stuffed peppers, fried onion rings, pecan bars, and coconut cream pie are also included. Timeless restaurant dishes, such as Parker House rolls, Waldorf salad, and bananas Foster, have been updated and streamlined. And because our editors have tested each recipe dozens of times, they are about as close to foolproof as any recipe can get. This in-depth volume provides answers as well as recipes. How do you keep lemon meringue pie from weeping? Can you capture the flavors of a real clambake on top of the stove? Which brand of frozen blueberries tastes better than fresh? How do you cook smothered pork chops so they are tender, not tough? American Classics also contains more than 200 illustrations that show you how to shave meat for cheesesteak sandwiches, shape crescent rolls, shred cabbage, and frost cakes. Dozens of no-nonsense equipment ratings and taste tests of supermarket foods are also included. Find out which food processor does the best job of kneading bread dough and why all cheese graters are not the same.

Cooking Around the Country with Kids: USA Regional Recipes and Fun Activities By Amy Houts Snaptail Press Perfect Paperback (272 pages) List Price: $19.95* Lowest New Price: $11.45* Lowest Used Price: $10.65* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This cookbook helps children learn about the cultural food differences that make up our great country. It introduces the concept of cultural diversity in a way that captures the child's interest and helps in the understanding of how different cultures came to co-exist yet continue to celebrate their uniqueness. This USA-themed cookbook encourages children to re-engage with the history of the United States through food and fun activities.

BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America By Steven Raichlen Workman Publishing Company Paperback (784 pages) List Price: $21.95* Lowest New Price: $13.46* Lowest Used Price: $9.55* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Steven Raichlen, a national barbecue treasure and author of The Barbecue! Bible, How to Grill, and other books in the Barbecue! Bible series, embarks on a quest to find the soul of American barbecue, from barbecue-belt classics-Lone Star Brisket, Lexington Pulled Pork, K.C. Pepper Rub, Tennessee Mop Sauce-to the grilling genius of backyards, tailgate parties, competitions, and local restaurants. In 450 recipes covering every state as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, BBQ USA celebrates the best of regional live-fire cooking. Finger-lickin' or highfalutin; smoked, rubbed, mopped, or pulled; cooked in minutes or slaved over all through the night, American barbecue is where fire meets obsession. There's grill-crazy California, where everything gets fired up - dates, Caesar salad, lamb shanks, mussels. Latin-influenced Florida, with its Chimichurri Game Hens and Mojo-Marinated Pork on Sugar Cane. Maple syrup flavors the grilled fare of Vermont; Wisconsin throws its kielbasa over the coals; Georgia barbecues Vidalias; and Hawaii makes its pineapples sing. Accompanying the recipes are hundreds of tips, techniques, sidebars, and pit stops. It's a coast-to-coast extravaganza, from soup (grilled, chilled, and served in shooters) to nuts (yes, barbecued peanuts, from Kentucky).

Skinny Pizzas: Over 100 Healthy Low-Fat Recipes for America's Favorite Fun Food (The Popular Skinny Cookbook Series) By Barbara Grunes Surrey Books Paperback (180 pages) List Price: $12.95* Lowest New Price: $7.99* Lowest Used Price: $2.11* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: These 100 recipes trim away the excess fat, cholesterol, and calories that usually come with Pizza, so that you and your family can enjoy all the great tastes without sacrificing good nutrition.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip . . . with Recipes! (Food Network) By Guy Fieri COOKBOOK: Released: 2008-10-28 Paperback (256 pages) List Price: $19.99* Lowest New Price: $6.90* Lowest Used Price: $6.33* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780061724886 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: Food Network star Guy Fieri takes you on a tour of America's most colorful diners, drive-ins, and dives in this tie-in to his enormously popular television show, complete with recipes, photos, and memorabilia. Packed with Guy's iconic personality, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives follows his hot-rod trips around the country, mapping out the best places most of us have never heard of. From digging in at legendary burger joint the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento, California, baking Peanut Pie from Virginia Diner in Wakefield, Virginia, or kicking back with Pete's "Rubbed and Almost Fried" Turkey Sandwich from Panini Pete's in Fairhope, Alabama, Guy showcases the amazing personalities, fascinating stories, and outrageously good food offered by these American treasures.

Real Food for Healthy Kids: 200+ Easy, Wholesome Recipes By Tanya Wenman Steel William Morrow Cookbooks Released: 2008-08-05 Hardcover (384 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $12.47* Lowest Used Price: $9.49* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 15:29 Pacific 2 Sep 2010 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780060857912 Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: Parent-tested and kid-approved, a comprehensive, practical resource for wholesome, healthful meals children of all ages will eat—and love In an era of McDiets, packed schedules, and stressful jobs, it's harder than ever to incorporate nutritious food into our children's daily lives. But you no longer have to rely on microwaved hot dogs and frozen pizza. In this essential cookbook, food—and parenting—experts Tracey Seaman and Tanya Wenman Steel offer help and hope, whether you're experienced in the kitchen or more inclined to head to the drive-through. Real Food for Healthy Kids features more than 200 easy-to-make recipes for school days and weekends, including breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner, and even parties. Each recipe has been taste-tested by children and analyzed by a nutritionist. A power breakfast might feature Carrot Cake Oatmeal, Green Eggs-in-Ham Quiche Cups, or Hole-y Eggs! Keep kids energized with a Real Food lunch, such as Hail Caesar, Jr. Salad, Turkey Pinwheels, or Egg Salad Double-Decker Sandwiches. Seaman and Steel's snacks include Zucchini Tempura with Horseradish Dunk, Chewy Granola Bars, Happy Apple Toddies, and much more. Serve a mouthwatering family dinner: Peachy Keen Chicken, Super Steak Fajitas, or Princess and the Pea Risotto. Enjoy a scrumptious dessert: Cheery Cherry Plank, Brown Mouse, or Chocolate-Covered Strawberries. Seaman and Steel have spent the last four years developing and testing recipes to create nourishing dishes that kids of all ages, from babies to grad students, and even finicky eaters, vegetarians, and kids with food sensitivities will enjoy. Whatever recipes you choose, this indispensable cookbook is sure to become the resource you turn to every day for years to come. Equal parts cookbook, nutrition guide, daily menus, party planner, and parenting guide, Real Food for Healthy Kids will get your kids engaged in eating, happily and healthfully for a lifetime.