Real American Food

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An Extra Cup of Coffee for the Sterns, Please!

My Favorite Cookbook

A Great Regional Cookbook!!

Real American Food
Jane Stern
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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A Taste of America

Two for the Road: Our Love Affair With American Food

ASIN: 0394539532
Release Date: 1986-10-12

Customer Reviews:

An Extra Cup of Coffee for the Sterns, Please!.......2002-12-28

I don't buy cookbooks, but I like food. This book turned me into a real Stern junkie. It's like travelling all over the country with them to the best diners and greasy spoons.

Now you can duplicate what they say makes American food great. I love the New England recipes the most, but everything's interesting.

My Favorite Cookbook.......2002-12-04

This is my favorite cookbook of all time. I lent my copy to a friend who has some restraunts and he lent it to one of his chefs and I never saw it again. It is currently out of print, although I don't know why, so I was overjoyed to find a used copy on Amazon.com. Almost every recipt in this book is a keeper from Doe's Eat Place Shrimp to the Yankee Red Flannel Hash. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. If you like to cook do yourself a favor and track down a used copy of this book.

A Great Regional Cookbook!!.......2000-09-22

Do you like to explore the USA? Do you love regional restaurants? Do you like to cook? Then you'll probably love this cookbook! It's too bad it's so hard to find, because it is without a doubt my favorite cookbook, maybe even my favorite book ever. Jane and Michael Stern, long time food writers of note, have gone out of their way to find local restaurants which feature regional specialties and then replicate the recipes so we can cook "like the locals". From clams in New England and New York delis in the North, through real Buffalo Wings and Cincinnati chili, Pot Likker and Hoppin' John in the south, to Western steak and eggs, they take us around the USA through our stomachs. Where else can you find Basque inspired garlic-laden recipes from Shepherd's Hotels in Nevada? My favorite part are the recipes from the Navajo Indian reservation, with the Hopi lamb stew Nok Qui Vi being the best of the best! If you track this book down and like to cook, buy it immediately! Then have a blast adding new dishes to your resume and dreaming of your next road trip. Happy Eating!

Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue

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Great book with a lot of great ideas and recipes
Excellent book
Impractical
Winter reading and Summer smoking
Smoked Foods

Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue
Cheryl Alters Jamison , and Bill Jamison
Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1558322612

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Barbecue is not about grilling food fast over high heat. That's something else, delicious in its own right, but something else entirely. Barbecue is about marginal cuts of meat (for the most part), about smoke, about fires burning so low and slow you hardly ever see the flicker of a flame. Barbecue is about succulent pork ribs as dark as sin just falling off the bone and dripping with glorious sweet pork godliness. Or enjoying the effects that 12 to 18 hours of smoking has on beef brisket.

The trick is, how do you do it? How do you master a cooking technique all but ignored in favor of fast and hot? The answer lies in Smoke & Spice. Authors Jamison and Jamison provide all the information you're ever going to need to run a real barbecue. Tips and techniques abound on every page--accompanied with countless recipes that stretch the barbecue imagination. And seeing that one cannot live on barbecue alone (though that's a challenge well worth considering) there are just as many recipes included for all the good food that accompanies barbecue--from Scalloped Green Chile Potatoes to South-of-the-Border Garlic Soup to Buttermilk Onion Rings and even Bourbon Peaches. If smoke in your eyes makes your mouth water, this is the primer for you! --Schuyler Ingle

Book Description

300-plus recipes. The only cookbook devoted to smoke-cooked barbecue, a hot trend.

Customer Reviews:

Great book with a lot of great ideas and recipes.......2007-08-07

This is a great book on smoking. It has great tips and recipes. Highly recommended for new and existing cooks who want to use smokers. We tried getting this type of information online and it just takes to long and the information is incomplete. This book fills in the gaps and doesn't leave you wondering.

Excellent book.......2007-07-17

A lot of recipes and very detailed information. A must have!!!
My only suggestion would be to dedicate a whole chapter to setting up the fire. There is no info about it in the book.
I think any barbecue book is incomplete without helping the user setup and maintain the temperature. I mean, this is not an oven where you can set it and forget it. Maintaining 200F in a smoker is a talent I think.

Impractical.......2007-07-09

Most of the recipes are too elaborate-- too many ingredients-- too much preparation time. This was a disappointment.

Winter reading and Summer smoking.......2007-07-06

Smoke & Spice makes you want to smoke something year round. You will catch yourself actually reading this cookbook and following it to the letter--then guarding your secret recipe! In the South we use hickory. After reading Smoke & Spice, you'll want to try every hardwood in the forest.

Smoked Foods.......2007-07-03

This cook book was great in helping a newcomer to a smoker. It's a great guide to how to use a smoker and how to smoke different foods.

Real Beer and Good Eats: The Rebirth of America's Beer and Food Traditions (Knopf Cooks American Series)

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A Lasting Classic
Everything you always wanted to know about cooking with beer

Real Beer and Good Eats: The Rebirth of America's Beer and Food Traditions (Knopf Cooks American Series)
Bruce Aidells
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Beer | Drinks & Beverages | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0679765794
Release Date: 1996-04-16

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A Lasting Classic.......2000-10-09

The authors provide a remarkable history of beer in America, from colonial times to as current as the printing of the book. Much of the book involves regional (i.e., Northeast, Midwest, Northwest) stories commonly of 10-12 pages, followed by at least 20-30 recipes from the region that pair especially well with beer.

The quality and diversity of recipes provided is incredible, and any recipe I've made has received rave reviews. Following are some of the items that really stood out -- Beer Rocks (a family favorite), Wisconsin Cheese and Beer Soup, Onion Bread, Beer and Horseradish Mustard, Fresh Beer Sausage, New Orleans Hot Pot, Basic Brine for Seafood, Smoked Fish, Caponata, Porter Pot Roast, Barbecued Shrimp, Liptauer Cheese, Pennsylvania Dutch Stuffed Onions, Bainbridge Island Smoked Fish Chowder, Smoked Trout Pate, Soft Pretzels (recipe has a misprint -- use 1 1/2 cups milk, not 1/2), and Onion Rings (the best I've ever made at home). I could go on ...

Real Beer and Good Eats was the first cookbook I purchased and I've had it now for over 7 years. Since then, I've accumulated 50+ cookbooks and 100+ cooking magazines. I can honestly say that this book is one of the few that I find myself returning to again and again for solid recipes and cooking ideas. It has proven to be a lasting classic, and I wish it were back in print so I could give it to more people as a gift.

Everything you always wanted to know about cooking with beer.......1998-08-25

I've had this book on my shelf for several years and find myself turning to it not just for recipes, but for general information about the many styles of beer outlines in its pages. The recipes are easy to follow and the ones I've tried have been delicous. I particularly like the Beer and Horseradish Mustard, try it with brats or their recipe for soft pretzels. I wish I had more time to cook so I could explore more recipes.

Real Men Cook: More Than 100 Easy Recipes Celebrating Tradition and Family

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Cooking

Real Men Cook: More Than 100 Easy Recipes Celebrating Tradition and Family
K. Kofi Moyo
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743272641

Book Description

A delicious, heartwarming collection of soul-stirring stories and soul-satisfying recipes, from real men who do it in the kitchen!

Every Father's Day, men -- from the guy next door to politicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, and artists -- gather together in cities across the country to participate in Real Men Cook for Charity events. It has become the largest Father's Day charity event in the United States, raising over a million dollars for charities such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the YMCA, and Real Men Charities, Inc., for various family and health initiatives.

Now, some of the remarkable Real Men Cook volunteers have come forward to express their love of cooking, family, and community by sharing more than one hundred delectable recipes (some handed down over the generations) and the memories that inspire them to live as Real Men. A unique book with a priceless legacy that will nourish your family in body and spirit.

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Cooking.......2007-05-15

Excellent and refreshing book. Recommend for all men as well as
women cooks.

Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals, and Recipes for Living

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Great book with my kind of food.
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A Wonderful Tribute to Fathers who cook

Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals, and Recipes for Living
K. Kofi Moyo
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0743272420

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Great book with my kind of food........2006-07-02

This will help you try some meals that you love but can't find someone to make for you. Now you can stop calling your mama, sister, and bugging your wife to find out how to make great dishes. I know it is hard for us to read instructions but this is an easy read and fillingly rewarding.

www.valderbeebeshow.com.......2006-03-05

A cook book, a history book a great gift! I love a man who cooks, and Real Men, do cook. My husband James cooks brunch each Sunday and my friend Terry Allen (p. 40) of Dallas, has found his place in cooking history with his heritages dishes preserved in the book. Real Men Cook highlights exceptional, amazing men cooking mouth watering dishes. Give your favorite guy a copy of this `real men' cookbook and you can support a great non-profit that celebrates ordinary American men being extraordinary in major cities; Dallas, Chicago, Los Angles, New Orleans, and all across the America.

Tasteful.......2005-12-11

Kofi and his wife, Yvette, are co-founders of Real Men Cook for Charity. They sponsor the Real Men Cookout, which is a Father's Day Charity event designed to celebrate black men as positive role models--everyday men, as well as celebrities. The charity started in Chicago and today, it is celebrated in over twelve cities. The cookbook is more than just recipes. There are stories/essays and poems to help celebrate the African American culture by and about many different people. The stories are just as good as the food. Enjoy!

A Wonderful Tribute to Fathers who cook.......2005-04-29

This book is a culmination of recipes and stories from a unique annual family event "Real Men Cook", which focuses on the joys of fatherhood and cooking. This book is a wonderful addition to the library of anyone who finds joy in preparing meals for the ones they love.

The Real Man's Cookbook: How, When, What and Why to Cook

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Be a Man!
Real Man cooks real good

The Real Man's Cookbook: How, When, What and Why to Cook
William J. Rayment
Manufacturer: Hats Off Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1587360098

Book Description

Do real men cook? Of course they do. From the great chefs of France to the rough-and-tumble short-order cooks, real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries. With dry wit and wisdom, W. J. Rayment dishes out recipes, reflects on the state of society and solves the world's most pressing problems.

Customer Reviews:

Be a Man!.......2002-05-17

If you own only one cookbook, this is a good choice. Mr. Rayment is a very cool guy, and his book will leave you in stitches. Very light reading, with some excellent recipes. This book will change your viewpoint on the role of cooking in a guy's life! Enjoy!

Real Man cooks real good.......2000-11-07

I got my copy today and it was every bit as good as the web site. I have actually ate meal prepared by RJ Rayment in his home and have never had a meal I did not like. He and his family are the real deal-I hope he does well with this project.

Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets, and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes

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Nice reading

Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets, and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes
Burt Wolf , and Andrew F. Smith
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0847827925
Release Date: 2006-07-18

Book Description

Real American Food draws from Burt Wolf's lifetime of experiences traveling the country producing programming for PBS. Packed with fascinating trivia and history, this book defines the distinctive contributions of key regions to American cuisine. Readers will come away knowing exactly what characteristic foods to look for the next time they travel to one of these regions, exactly which stores and restaurants offer the best version of these items, and how to cook these specialties once they return home. Filled with more than seventy generational recipes, Real American Food is organized by culinary region, each with its distinct identity, such as traditional Jewish food in New York, New England-style seafood in Boston, Eastern European-influenced meals in Chicago, upscale Southern cooking in Charleston, Cajun in New Orleans, Latin-influenced fish dishes in Miami, and organic Nouvelle Cuisine in San Francisco. Sidebars focus on regional star chefs, restaurants, food shops and markets, techniques, tools, ethnicities, produce, and farmers. This collection of local tried and true recipes, fun-filled facts, and charming anecdotes is the perfect addition to the armchair traveler or home cook's library.

Customer Reviews:

Nice reading.......2007-01-03

Good book, and some nice reading and especially about other parts of the country. I happen to like cookbooks that share places that I would like to visit and try out the restaurants in those areas.

A1 Diner: Real Food, Recipes, and Recollections

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A-1 Diner
An excellent cookbook of authentic diner delicacies

A1 Diner: Real Food, Recipes, and Recollections
Sarah Rolph
Manufacturer: Tilbury House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0884482774

Book Description

In 1946 Worcester Diner #790 arrived by truck and was installed at 3 Bridge Street in Gardiner, Maine. Under the name of Heald's Diner, it served employees of Gardiner's mills and factories with an emphasis on ample portions served quickly. The diner is still at 3 Bridge Street, still a marvel of efficiency and art moderne design, still a local gathering place, still serving the same warm, flaky biscuits. But under the ownership of Mike Giberson and Neil Anderson since 1988, the little A1 Diner (as it is now known) draws customers (and restaurant reviews) from far and wide with its wonderfully eclectic menu (you can order Bouillabaisse or meatloaf), its emphasis on fresh, local food, and its upscale deli and specialty food store next door, A1 To Go. This is a small business success story, filled with characters from either side of the counter, packed with recipes and kitchen notes, enjoyable down to the last bite.

Customer Reviews:

A-1 Diner.......2006-11-11

This book has lots of local color as well as great recipies. We have tried many of the Maine favorites and shared with others. Having frequented the diner is the way my interest was peaked. It's a great place for breakfast and lunch in Gardiner, ME.
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An excellent cookbook of authentic diner delicacies.......2006-09-09

A1 Diner: Real Food, Recipes, & Recollections isn't just a straightforward cookbook; it gathers memories of the people who owned and worked for the A1 Diner, from which these time-tested favorite tastes have been gathered. Numerous anecdotes and recollections pepper such long-beloved A1 Diner recipes as Individual Cheese Souffles, Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce, Mike's Shrimp Scampi, Lime Avocado Salad with Pistachios, and a great deal more. A handful of black-and-white photographs illustrate this excellent cookbook of authentic diner delicacies.

Low-Fat Living for Real People, Updated & Expanded: Educates lay people on making sound nutritional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association

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Decent basic advice, a little dated
best book i've read for a normal person trying to eat well

Low-Fat Living for Real People, Updated & Expanded: Educates lay people on making sound nutritional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association
Linda Levy
Manufacturer: Lake Isle Press
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Binding: Paperback

Low Fat | Special Diet | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 096274039X

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Educates lay people on making sound nutritional decisions that will stay with them for a lifetime. --American Dietetic Association

Customer Reviews:

Decent basic advice, a little dated.......2004-11-18

This book is a decent, easy to read introduction to the basics of low-fat cooking and eating. It will teach you how to read nutrition labels and the like. The humor, and the writing in general, are not great, but very readable if you like your information easy to swallow.

Unfortunately, the advice is a little bit dated about the specifics of, for instance, what the legal requirements are for a product to be called "low fat." When in doubt, do your own research. It also does not take into account any recent findings about, for instance, the glycemic index. If you are well versed in these things, the book will not help you.

For some, the most helpful part will be the final chapter, called "Embarrassingly Simple Recipes." If you have no idea how to cook, or no idea how to cook low fat, this will get you started, with recipes for how to cook skinless, boneless chicken breasts and how to make simple dishes with a variety of grains, vegetables, and fruits. There are a fair number of these recipes - definitely enough to get you started, if that's what you need. Again, if you can already cook low-fat or you want a real cookbook, this is not what you need.

best book i've read for a normal person trying to eat well.......1997-09-03

I am learning to live a low fat life and have looked at and read several books that were boring and preachy. This book makes it easy to catch on and understand why we all should eat differently. It's also funny. It's like sitting at my neighbor's kitchen table and chatting while a great dinner is being prepared

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Mr. Food: Real American Cooking
Art Ginsburg
Manufacturer: Morrow Cookbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0688126375

Book Description

Celebrate our country's melting pot with Art Ginsburg's all-new collection of simple and scrumptious recipes. From California to Connecticut, from Mississippi to Massachusetts, and covering every region in between, Mr. Food' serves up an all-American-favorites performance. Who can resist such classics as spicy Mardi Gras Shrimp, New England Clam Spread, Tex-Mex Pasta Salad, or New York Pushcart Onion Sauce? With the abundance of tasty recipes in Mr. Food Cooks Real American, every patriotic, down-home cook will find a new favorite -- or an easy twist on an old favorite!

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